Definition: pepperidge bush

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Pepperidge \Pep"per*idge\, n. [Cf. NL. berberis, E. barberry.]
   (Bot.)
   A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough
   wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries,
   -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written
   also piperidge and pipperidge.]

   Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.