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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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