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Definitions for: Bayberry [n] deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries
[n] West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Webster (1913) Definition: Bay"ber*ry, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta
acris}).
(c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
Synonyms: bay-rum tree, candleberry, Jamaica bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica, Pimenta acris, swamp candleberry, waxberry, wild cinnamon
See Also: genus Pimenta, Pimenta, tree, wax myrtle
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