Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Canada, US)The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.

    deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

  2. The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.

    (Canada, US)Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.

    West Indian tree; source of bay rum

  3. The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

  4. West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. She likes red bayberries.

    deSie isst gerne Pappelpflaumen.

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  2. She likes Chinese bayberries.

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  3. In autumn, when the myrtle warblers return from Canada, they mostly haunt the regions where the juniper and bayberries are abundant.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: bayberries
Singularbayberry
Pluralbayberries

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Synonyms

9 synonyms
species in the family Myricaceae:candleberrywax myrtle
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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