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Bayberry

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Noun

2. bayberry, candleberry, myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry

deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

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Bayberry

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noun plural -ries
1. 
any of several North American aromatic shrubs or small trees of the genus Myrica, that bear grey waxy berries: family Myricaceae
See also wax myrtle
2. Also called: bay rum tree
a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
3. 
the fruit of any of these plants

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Bayberry

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbayˌberries
1.  US
a. 
any of a genus (Myrica) of shrubs of the bayberry family, as the wax myrtle, having a small, berrylike fruit covered with a wax used in making candles
b. 
the fruit
2. 
a tropical American tree (Pimenta racemosa) of the myrtle family, that yields an aromatic oil used in making bay rum
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Myricaceae) of aromatic, dicotyledonous trees and shrubs (order Myricales)

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Bayberry

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n.
1. Any of various shrubs of the genus Myrica, having aromatic foliage and small round fruits with a waxy covering.
2. The fruit of these trees.

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