| 单词 | pepperidge tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepperidge tree The black gum or tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica (family Cornaceae), a tree of the eastern United States noted for the toughness of its wood. Also pepperidge tree. Cf. pipperidge n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective] softwood1539 citrean1616 pepperidge1689 purple heart1769 narra1779 leafy1810 saffraan1819 quandong1836 padauk1839 tamanu1839 titoki1842 til1858 odum1887 sapele1904 broad-leaved1905 peroba1920 ocote1926 pyinkado1934 ponderosa1937 ahuehuete1948 Mansonia1958 obeche1958 podo1961 black-gum1969 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tupelo gum tree1676 black-gum1709 white gum1709 tupelo1731 Nyssa1754 sour gum1814 pipperidge1823 pepperidge1826 1689 Huntington (N.Y.) Town Rec. (1888) II. 56 A piperage tree marked faceing eastward and southward. 1743 J. Hempstead Diary 22 Feb. (1998) 400 Wee Sawed of a pr Peperage wheels for my Stone Cart. 1772 in 3rd Bk. Rec. Southampton (N.Y.) (1878) 272 A peperidge tree, originally marked and now marked which peperidge tree stands two rods and three feet to the northward of Capt. Stephens fence. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. vi. 76 He tendered..the venison in a trencher, neatly carved from the knot of the pepperage. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Piperidge The piperidge of New England is the Nyssa villosa, a large tree with very tough wood. 1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 127 Old Black Hoss was about as close as a nut and as contrairy as a pipperage-tree. 1876 Field & Forest 1 66 This parasitic shrub [sc. American mistletoe] has been found growing on several Pepperidge or Sour-gum trees. 1916 E. T. Seton Woodcraft Man. for Girls 294 Sour Gum, Black Gum, Pepperidge, or Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica). A forest tree up to 110 feet high; in wet lands. 1964 R. L. Taylor Plants Colonial Days 77 Sour gum does have sour fruit but produces no gum... Other common names are black gum, pepperidge (a New England name), and tupelo (an Indian name). 2002 News Jrnl. (Wilmington, Delaware) (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Home & Garden section) 7 e Tupelo, black gum, sour gum, or pepperidge (Nyssa sylvatica): Reliably turns from lustrous dark green to brilliant red. < as lemmas |
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