pepper treen.

Brit.

/ˈpɛpə triː/, U.S.

/ˈpɛpər ˌtri/

Forms: see pepper n. and tree n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., tree n.

Etymology: < pepper n. + tree n.

†1. Any of several trees or shrubs with pungent fruits; esp. (a) (in full red pepper tree) a bushy capsicum, probably a variety of Capsicum annuum; (b) (more fully Jamaica pepper tree) the pimento or allspice tree, Pimenta dioica (rare); (c) Australian = mountain pepper n. 3. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > Peruvian mastic tree

pepper tree1563

molle1581

Indian mastic1640

pepper1889

peppercorn shrub1901

peppercorn1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > peppercorn plant > plant yielding pepper substitute

pepper tree1745

pepper elder1774

pepperina1930

1563 J. Ribaut Whole & True Discoverye of Terra Florida sig. Ciiij^v We founde there a great number of Pepertrees.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. i. 386 For the pepper-trees, which he saith are great, and abound with apes.

1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 50 Of the red pepper-tree or bush. This tree (or rather bush) groweth..to the height of about four foot... They grow in many plantations in Jamaica... I know no other name it hath then chilli, red pepper, or bastard-pepper.

1691 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 462 (heading) A description of the Pimienta or Jamaica pepper-tree.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 26 Besides those myrtle trees [on the Juan Fernandez Islands], there are..the pepper tree... The pepper grows on the trees in little bunches.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 208 The number of nutmeg-trees transplanted from the Indies, is less than even that of the pepper-trees.

1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 175 I saw several pepper trees, and procured the berries.

1839 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. II. xii. 280 We also found the aromatic tea, Tasmania aromatica... The leaves and bark of this tree have a hot biting cinnamon-like taste, on which account it is vulgarly called the pepper-tree.

1888 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 3 506 Drimys aromatica... ‘Pepper’ tree.

2. Any of several New Zealand trees and shrubs with pungently aromatic foliage, esp. Pseudowintera colorata and its relative the horopito, P. axillaris (family Winteraceae), and the kawa-kawa, Macropiper excelsum (family Piperaceae).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > names applied to various Australasian species

pepper tree1773

apple tree1801

white boxc1830

Christmas tree1844

mapau1853

maple1858

leopard-wood1859

red ash1863

sycamore1866

New Zealand orange tree1898

five-finger1926

leopard-tree1927

maple1934

1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 8 June in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 296 The pepper-tree is peculiar to this place: and grows..in joints & knots.

1842 C. Heaphy Narr. Resid. N.Z. 46 A cane, the Kawa-kawa, or pepper-tree.., is also occasionally used in place of tea: the taste is pleasant and very aromatic.

1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. pl. 2 (caption) The horopito, or pepper-tree of the settlers.

1924 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 25 Mar. 6 The kawa, or native pepper-tree..is almost identical with the common kawa or kava of the South Sea Islands.

1981 G. Harris Field Guide Common N.Z. Trees & Shrubs 5 Red Horopito (Red Pepper Tree) Pseudowintera colorata. Small tree up to 3m.

2000 N.Z. Jrnl. Ecol. 24 87 (title) Leaf damage does not affect leaf loss or chlorophyll content in the New Zealand pepper tree, kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum).

3. (More fully California pepper tree) an evergreen tree of the Peruvian Andes, Schinus molle (family Anacardiaceae), with gracefully drooping branches, fernlike aromatic foliage, and pungent rose-red berries, frequently planted for ornament or shade in warm climates (also called peppercorn tree, Peruvian mastic). Also (more fully Brazilian pepper tree): the related S. terebinthifolius of Brazil and Paraguay, with scarlet berries and branches that do not droop (also called Christmas-berry tree).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens

boldo1717

purple heart1738

ombú1839

pepper tree1848

velvet-seed1866

swizzle-stick tree1943

1848 J. S. Jenkins Hist. War U.S. & Mexico 336 The glossy leaves of the myrtle nestle close beside the pepper tree.

1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 339 At Pasadena there are..many pretty streets shaded by beautiful pepper trees.

1923 J. Armour Spell of Inland 13 Around the house there were a few palm and pepper trees.

1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 627 S[chinus] terebinthifolius, Raddi. Brazilian Pepper-Tree. Christmas-Berry-Tree.

1977 Austral. House & Garden Jan. 17/1 Check these and spray them too if necessary: Gardenia,..Chinese tallow tree, Pepper tree (schinus), [etc.].

2003 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 4 Jan. u10 The California pepper tree (Schinus molle) has delicate, weeping foliage and a distinctive trunk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pepper tree
释义	pepper treen. Brit. /ˈpɛpə triː/, U.S. /ˈpɛpər ˌtri/ Forms: see pepper n. and tree n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., tree n. Etymology: < pepper n. + tree n. †1. Any of several trees or shrubs with pungent fruits; esp. (a) (in full red pepper tree) a bushy capsicum, probably a variety of Capsicum annuum; (b) (more fully Jamaica pepper tree) the pimento or allspice tree, Pimenta dioica (rare); (c) Australian = mountain pepper n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > Peruvian mastic tree pepper tree1563 molle1581 Indian mastic1640 pepper1889 peppercorn shrub1901 peppercorn1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > peppercorn plant > plant yielding pepper substitute pepper tree1745 pepper elder1774 pepperina1930 1563 J. Ribaut Whole & True Discoverye of Terra Florida sig. Ciiij^v We founde there a great number of Pepertrees. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. i. 386 For the pepper-trees, which he saith are great, and abound with apes. 1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 50 Of the red pepper-tree or bush. This tree (or rather bush) groweth..to the height of about four foot... They grow in many plantations in Jamaica... I know no other name it hath then chilli, red pepper, or bastard-pepper. 1691 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 462 (heading) A description of the Pimienta or Jamaica pepper-tree. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 26 Besides those myrtle trees [on the Juan Fernandez Islands], there are..the pepper tree... The pepper grows on the trees in little bunches. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 208 The number of nutmeg-trees transplanted from the Indies, is less than even that of the pepper-trees. 1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 175 I saw several pepper trees, and procured the berries. 1839 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. II. xii. 280 We also found the aromatic tea, Tasmania aromatica... The leaves and bark of this tree have a hot biting cinnamon-like taste, on which account it is vulgarly called the pepper-tree. 1888 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 3 506 Drimys aromatica... ‘Pepper’ tree. 2. Any of several New Zealand trees and shrubs with pungently aromatic foliage, esp. Pseudowintera colorata and its relative the horopito, P. axillaris (family Winteraceae), and the kawa-kawa, Macropiper excelsum (family Piperaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > names applied to various Australasian species pepper tree1773 apple tree1801 white boxc1830 Christmas tree1844 mapau1853 maple1858 leopard-wood1859 red ash1863 sycamore1866 New Zealand orange tree1898 five-finger1926 leopard-tree1927 maple1934 1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 8 June in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 296 The pepper-tree is peculiar to this place: and grows..in joints & knots. 1842 C. Heaphy Narr. Resid. N.Z. 46 A cane, the Kawa-kawa, or pepper-tree.., is also occasionally used in place of tea: the taste is pleasant and very aromatic. 1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. pl. 2 (caption) The horopito, or pepper-tree of the settlers. 1924 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 25 Mar. 6 The kawa, or native pepper-tree..is almost identical with the common kawa or kava of the South Sea Islands. 1981 G. Harris Field Guide Common N.Z. Trees & Shrubs 5 Red Horopito (Red Pepper Tree) Pseudowintera colorata. Small tree up to 3m. 2000 N.Z. Jrnl. Ecol. 24 87 (title) Leaf damage does not affect leaf loss or chlorophyll content in the New Zealand pepper tree, kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum). 3. (More fully California pepper tree) an evergreen tree of the Peruvian Andes, Schinus molle (family Anacardiaceae), with gracefully drooping branches, fernlike aromatic foliage, and pungent rose-red berries, frequently planted for ornament or shade in warm climates (also called peppercorn tree, Peruvian mastic). Also (more fully Brazilian pepper tree): the related S. terebinthifolius of Brazil and Paraguay, with scarlet berries and branches that do not droop (also called Christmas-berry tree). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens boldo1717 purple heart1738 ombú1839 pepper tree1848 velvet-seed1866 swizzle-stick tree1943 1848 J. S. Jenkins Hist. War U.S. & Mexico 336 The glossy leaves of the myrtle nestle close beside the pepper tree. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 339 At Pasadena there are..many pretty streets shaded by beautiful pepper trees. 1923 J. Armour Spell of Inland 13 Around the house there were a few palm and pepper trees. 1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 627 S[chinus] terebinthifolius, Raddi. Brazilian Pepper-Tree. Christmas-Berry-Tree. 1977 Austral. House & Garden Jan. 17/1 Check these and spray them too if necessary: Gardenia,..Chinese tallow tree, Pepper tree (schinus), [etc.]. 2003 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 4 Jan. u10 The California pepper tree (Schinus molle) has delicate, weeping foliage and a distinctive trunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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