Pepper tree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
    molle; Schinus molle; Peruvian mastic tree.
  2. noun small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
    Kirkia wilmsii.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.

Webster 1913