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waxberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun waxberry has 2 senses
- waxberry(n = noun.plant) common snowberry, snowberry, symphoricarpos alba - deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries; Array is a member of caprifoliaceae, family caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family
- waxberry(n = noun.plant) bayberry, candleberry, myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry - deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries; Array is a kind of wax myrtle
is a kind of poisonous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
waxberry, n.
The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree. [1913 Webster]
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