bayberry
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bayberry
noun bayberries
- The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
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Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.
The two North American genera are Myrica (bayberry) and Comptonia (sweet-fern).
Similar: candleberry, wax myrtle
- The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). [T]heir shape was much like a Figg, but very much smaller, some being about the bigness of a Bay-berry, others, and the biggest, of a Hazel-Nut.
- West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.
Similar: wax myrtle
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Similar: wax myrtle
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title = {bayberry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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