Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]

   {Pepperidge bush} (Bot.), the barberry.