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wax myrtle

DEFINITIONS OF: wax myrtle

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

Types:
Myrica cerifera, bay myrtle, puckerbush
evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
Myrica pensylvanica, bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry
deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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