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Webster 1913 Edition
Candleberry tree
Can′dle-berˊry tree
.(Bot.)
A shrub (the
Myrica cerifera
, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; – also called bayberry tree
, bayberry
, or candleberry
.