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WAXBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Synonyms:
bayberry; candleberry; Myrica pensylvanica; swamp candleberry; waxberry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("waxberry" is a kind of...):
wax myrtle (any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
Synonyms:
common snowberry; snowberry; Symphoricarpos alba; waxberry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("waxberry" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("waxberry" is a member of...):
Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)