bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica
(noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba
(noun) deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
waxberry (plural waxberries)
The bayberry.
The snowberry.
The yangmei.
Source: Wiktionary
Wax"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 November 2024
(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.