waxberry

English

Etymology

From wax +‎ berry.

Noun

waxberry (plural waxberries)

  1. A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
    1. of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
    2. of species Myrica rubra (yangmei)
  2. Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
    1. of the genus Symphoricarpos (ghost berry)
    2. of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
      1. of species Gaultheria appressa (white waxberry)
      2. of species Gaultheria depressa (alpine waxberry)
  3. A barley sugar bush (Pollichia campestris)

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