wax myrtle

wax myrtle

n.

An evergreen shrub (Myrica cerifera) of the southeast United States, having usually serrate leaves and small berrylike fruit with a waxy coating.

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wax myrtle

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a shrub, Myrica cerifera, of SE North America, having evergreen leaves and a small berry-like fruit with a waxy coating: family Myricaceae Also called bayberry candleberry waxberry

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wax myrtle - any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries genus Myrica, Myrica - deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees bay myrtle, Myrica cerifera, puckerbush - evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry, bayberry - deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries bayberry tallow, bayberry wax - a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems