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Bayberry
(gcide) | 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.
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bayberry
(gcide) | 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.
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bayberry
(wn) | bayberry
n 1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bayberry, {bay-
rum tree}, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, {Pimenta
acris}]
2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-
green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry,
swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica] |
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Bayberry
(gcide) | 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]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.
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Bayberry tallow
(gcide) | 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] |
bayberry tree
(gcide) | 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] |
bayberry tallow
(wn) | bayberry tallow
n 1: a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used
in making candles [syn: bayberry wax, bayberry tallow] |
bayberry wax
(wn) | bayberry wax
n 1: a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used
in making candles [syn: bayberry wax, bayberry tallow] |
jamaica bayberry
(wn) | Jamaica bayberry
n 1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bayberry, {bay-
rum tree}, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, {Pimenta
acris}] |
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