| 单词 | pepperbush | 
| 释义 | pepperbushn.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > 			[noun]		 > peppercorn plant pepperOE pepper plant1611 pepperbush1672 pepper vine1783 1672    W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 50 		(heading)	  				Of the red pepper-tree or bush. 1792    M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 87  				A variety of the capsicum or red pepper bushes are found here. 1832    E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 358  				Piper nigrum... This pepper-bush is..found native..on the coast of Malabar.  2.   a.  North American. Any of several ericaceous shrubs formerly placed in the genus  Andromeda, esp.  Leucothoe racemosa and  Lyonia ligustrina; more fully  white pepperbush. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > 			[noun]		 > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1785    M. Cutler in  Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1  ii. xxiv. 443  				Andromeda..White Pepperbush... Common in swamps. 1860    M. A. Curtis Woody Plants N. Carolina 96  				Pepper-Bush. (A. ligustrina.)—This occurs in all the Districts. 1960    R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines Southwest 811  				He-huckleberry Lyonia, L. ligustrina... Also known under the vernacular names of Male-berry, Pepper-bush [etc.].  b.  Originally North American. Any of several fragrant-flowered shrubs of the genus  Clethra (family  Clethraceae) of eastern North America; esp.  C. alnifolia, sometimes grown as an ornamental; more fully  sweet pepperbush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > 			[noun]		 > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1785    M. Cutler in  Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1  ii. xxiv. 444  				Clethra..Sweet Pepperbush. A shrub..Common in moist land and swamps. 1845    A. Wood Class-bk. Bot.  ii. 233  				C. alnifolia... Sweet-pepper Bush. 1895    Gardening Illustr. 27 July 310/1  				The Clethras, or Pepper-bushes, are very distinct from anything else. C. alnifolia is the commonest kind. 1972    G. A. Petrides Trees & Shrubs Northeastern & North-central U.S. 		(ed. 2)	 366  				Mountain Pepperbush, Clethra acuminata. Coast Pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia. 2001    Org. Gardening May–June 31  				Sweet pepperbush or summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), showy 6-inch-long clusters of white flowers.  3.  Chiefly Australian = mountain pepper n. 3. Also  Australian pepperbush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > 			[noun]		 > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1895    Gardening Illustr. 25 May 168/1  				The following shrubs are also in bloom [in the gardens of Tresco Abbey]: Boronia tetrandra,..Eriostemon buxifolium..and the Australian pepper-bush. 1965    Austral. Encycl. III. 288/1  				Foliage and bark of Australian members [of Drimys] also contain an essential oil with a strong burning taste, hence the local names of pepper-bush, mountain pepper, and native pepper. 1979    J. W. Wrigley  & M. Fagg Austral. Native Plants 292  				Tasmannia spp. vary from medium-sized shrubs to trees and most bear the common name of pepper or pepper bush, because of the hot flavour of fruit, seeds or sometimes foliage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < | 
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