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evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles

evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles

Bayberry, myrica.

Wax myrtle; a North American shrub. The tonic, astringent bark of the stem and root is used in chronic catarrhs of the throat, and, powdered, as an external application to indolent ulcers. The eclectics use it in various conditions. [Gr.]