PEPPERWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pepperwood mean? 

• PEPPERWOOD (noun)
  The noun PEPPERWOOD has 1 sense:

1. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

  Familiarity information: PEPPERWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPPERWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica

Hypernyms ("pepperwood" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Holonyms ("pepperwood" is a member of...):

genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)