BAY MYRTLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles

Synonyms:

bay myrtle; Myrica cerifera; puckerbush

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bay myrtle" is a kind of...):

wax myrtle (any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries)

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