waxberry

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waxberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waxberry \Wax"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See
     Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
     [1913 Webster]

waxberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  waxberry
      n 1: deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of
           pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn:
           snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry,
           Symphoricarpos alba]
      2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-
         green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry,
         swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]