pepperina Austral.
(ˌpɛpəˈriːnə)
[f. pepper-tree + -ina, as in casuarina.]
= pepper-tree. Also attrib.
| 1930 V. Palmer Men are Human xviii. 166 Nothing grew save the drooping pepperina that trailed its sheeny leaves over the kitchen roof. 1941 Coast to Coast 145 There was a pepperina-tree in the corner of the adjacent yard. 1967 Southerly XXVII. 204 Guinea-hens..roosting at night in the pepperina tree beside the back door. |