Definition of peppertree
: a South American evergreen tree (Schinus molle) of the cashew family grown as a shade tree in mild climates
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Yet the despised peppertree might turn out to be medically valuable.
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In the meantime, the peppertree results—like earlier work that Quave and her collaborators performed with extracts from the European chestnut tree—
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First Known Use of peppertree
1848
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