waxberry
waxberry · waxberries
A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularlyA bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly: Of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
Meaning
6 sensesA bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
Of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
Of species Myrica rubra (yangmei)
Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
Of the genus Symphoricarpos (ghost berry)
Of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
Of species Gaultheria appressa (white waxberry)
Of species Gaultheria depressa (alpine waxberry)
A barley sugar bush (Pollichia campestris)
More definitions
- deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
- deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Origin
From wax + berry.From wax + berry.
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Forms
plural: waxberries| Singular | waxberry |
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| Plural | waxberries |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries:snowberrycommon snowberrySymphoricarpos alba
- deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries:bayberrycandleberryswamp candleberryMyrica pensylvanica