WAXBERRY

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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