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Definition: Myrica cerifera
Myrica cerifera
n : evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United
States having small hard berries thickly coated with
white wax used for candles [syn:
bay myrtle,
puckerbush]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Myrica cerifera
Myrtle
\Myr"tle\ (m[~e]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr.
my`rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.)
A species of the genus
Myrtus, especially
Myrtus communis
. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head,
thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It
has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it
sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used
variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
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Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the
West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
myrtle.
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Bog myrtle, the sweet gale.
Crape myrtle. See under
Crape.
Myrtle warbler (Zo["o]l.), a North American wood warbler
(
Dendroica coronata); -- called also
myrtle bird,
yellow-rumped warbler, and
yellow-crowned warbler.
Myrtle wax. (Bot.) See
Bayberry tallow, under
Bayberry.
Sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub (
Leiophyllum buxifolium
), growing in New Jersey and southward.
Wax myrtle (
Myrica cerifera). See
Bayberry.
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Bayberry
\Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or
Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (
Pimenta acris
).
(c) The fruit of
Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also
candleberry tree.
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Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also
myrtle wax.
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Candleberry tree
\Can"dle*ber`ry 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.
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