Home › Words › P › pepperbushpepperbushpepperbush means any shrub of the genus Clethra.EtymologyFrom pepper + bush.nounAny shrub of the genus Clethra.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clethra 74% match — Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters. vs pepperbush →summersweet 65% match — Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America. vs pepperbush →pepperberry 61% match — A large Australian laurel, of species Cryptocarya obovata. vs pepperbush →spicebush 60% match — Any plant of the genus Lindera. vs pepperbush →beeplant 60% match — Any of certain shrubs of the genus Cleomella. vs pepperbush →peppergrass 59% match — Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum vs pepperbush →boxberry 59% match — A teaberry bush (Gaultheria procumbens). vs pepperbush →buttonbush 59% match — Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family. vs pepperbush →