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candleberry |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: candleberry n : deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {swamp candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]
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