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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  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.]
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     Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.
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