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Waxberry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly; of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
  2. 2
    deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries wordnet
  3. 3
    A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly; of species Myrica rubra (yangmei)
  4. 4
    deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries wordnet
  5. 5
    Certain snowberry plants and their fruit; of the genus Symphoricarpos (ghost berry)
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  1. 6
    Certain snowberry plants and their fruit; of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia; of species Gaultheria appressa (white waxberry)
  2. 7
    Certain snowberry plants and their fruit; of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia; of species Gaultheria depressa (alpine waxberry)
  3. 8
    A barley sugar bush (Pollichia campestris)

Etymology

From wax + berry.

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