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  • pepper conch
     n. 1. [from speckles] the pink conch, Strombus gigas. (Andros) 2. [from taste] a variety of conch, Strombus sp., which
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  • pepper bush
    [OED, W3 different sp.] n. a shrub, Croton bahamensis: 1920 (Britton 224). (Gen.)
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  • pepper berry
    [OED no sp. given] n. a tree, Petitia domingensis, with red berries. = FOWL BERRY, BASTARD STOPPER (Adelaide)
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  • pepper
    n. [cf. US pepper, condiment made from the plant Piper nigrum W3] chili pepper, of the genus Capsicum; US pepper
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  • people
    [W Car.; US Black idem (Parsons 1917a: 187); OED, human beings] adj. human: 1918 Gaul'in' wife. . .turn people befo'
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  • pencil tree
    [from shape of branches; OED differ-ent sp.] n. a tree, Euphorbia tirucalli, with an irritating sap: 1978 Pencil tree. .
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  • pen-and-ink
    [from the ink-like juice of its black berries.] n. a plant, Scaevola plumieri. = BLACK SOAP, INK BERRY (San Sal.)
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  • pen-a-ma-dick
    See PITY-MA-DICK.
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  • peggy
    [etym?] n. a spider (sp?); it is small and grayish and bites. (Andros)
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  • peg
    [W Car.; OED idem, same quot.] n. a prong fastened to a harpoon: 1731 Turtle are most commonly taken at
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