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Wax-myrtle

WAX-MYRTLE

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Noun.
The bayberry, or Myrica cerifera, a shrub of North America, the berries of which are covered with a greenish wax, called myrtle wax, or bayberry tallow.

Definition 2024


wax-myrtle

wax-myrtle

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English

Noun

wax-myrtle (plural wax-myrtles)

  1. Alternative spelling of wax myrtle