BAYBERRY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.

2.
n.

A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).

3.
n.

The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.


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