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pep⋅per⋅wood

  [pep-er-wood]
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–noun
California laurel (def. 1).
Origin:
1855–60; pepper + wood 1
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California laurel

 
–noun
1. Also called bay tree. a tree, Umbellularia californica, of the laurel family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having aromatic leaves and umbels of yellowish-green flowers.
2. the hard, golden-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture and decorative objects.
Also called myrtle, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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Her·cu·les' club   (hûr'kyə-lēz)   
n.  

  1. A tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of the southeast United States, having prickly, bipinnately compound leaves and large clusters of small white flowers. Also called angelica tree, devil's walking stick, prickly ash.

  2. A spiny shrub or tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) of the central and southeast United States, having terminal panicles of small greenish-yellow flowers and pinnately compound leaves. Also called pepperwood, Southern prickly ash.


[After the spiny club of Hercules.]
pep·per·wood   (pěp'ər-wŏŏd')   
n.  See Hercules' club.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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