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noun
A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
of species Myrica rubra (yangmei)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Symphoricarpos (ghost berry)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
of species Gaultheria appressa (white waxberry)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
of species Gaultheria depressa (alpine waxberry)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A barley sugar bush (Pollichia campestris)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica
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Broader terms: wax myrtle
noun
deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: snowberry, common snowberry, Symphoricarpos alba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poisonous plant
History
From wax + berry.
