candleberry

can·dle·ber·ry

 (kăn′dl-bĕr′ē)

n.

1. Any of certain bayberries, the wax myrtle, or the fruit of these plants.

2. See candlenut.

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candleberry

(ˈkændəlbərɪ)

n, pl -ries

(Plants) another name for wax myrtle

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bay•ber•ry

(ˈbeɪˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries.

1. any of several often aromatic trees or shrubs of the genus Myrica, of NE North America, bearing a grayish-white berry covered with a wax used in candle making.

2. the berry of such a plant.

3. bay ⁴ (def. 2).

[1570–80]

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candleberry - deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry, bayberry wax myrtle - any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries

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