Word Meanings - BAYBERRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle . The fruit of Myrica cerifera ; the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry

Additional info about word: BAYBERRY

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle . The fruit of Myrica cerifera ; 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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  The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle . The fruit of Myrica cerifera ; the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry
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