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PEPPER SHRUB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pepper shrub mean?
• PEPPER SHRUB (noun)
The noun PEPPER SHRUB has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits
Familiarity information: PEPPER SHRUB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pepper shrub; Pseudowintera colorata; Wintera colorata
Hypernyms ("pepper shrub" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("pepper shrub" is a member of...):
genus Pseudowintera; genus Wintera; Pseudowintera; Wintera (evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand)
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