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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