HyperDic: pepper_bush

English > 1 sense of the expression *pepper bush*:
NOUN	plant	pepper bush, sweet pepperbush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia	shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers

English > *pepper bush*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers.
Synonyms	sweet pepperbush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems