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pepper tree
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpep.ə ˌtriː/ us /ˈpep.ɚ ˌtriː/
an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves), originally from South America, that produces a red fruit:
Pepper trees flourish in a mild tropical climate.
The local people boil the berries from a pepper tree to make a kind of beer.
A ten-foot-tall pepper tree collapsed onto the owner's house.
In the cemetery pepper trees and dry shrubs grow wild among the graves.
A mature pepper tree on our property has spread its roots under our neighbours' driveway.
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