[syn: bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Waxberry \Wax"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See
Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
waxberry
n 1: deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of
pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn:
snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry,
Symphoricarpos alba]
2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-
green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry,
swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]