What does bayberry mean?we found 5 entries for the meaning of bayberry
 

Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
   (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
   (c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. [1913 Webster]

Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

bayberry

noun

1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris]
2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
   (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
   (c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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