Bayberry

noun

Definitions

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

    "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."

  2. 2
    deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries wordnet
  3. 3
    The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.; Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry. Canada, US

    "The two North American genera are Myrica (bayberry) and Comptonia (sweet-fern)."

  4. 4
    West Indian tree; source of bay rum wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.

Etymology

From bay + berry.

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