CANDLEBERRY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

Synonyms:

bayberry; candleberry; Myrica pensylvanica; swamp candleberry; waxberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("candleberry" 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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