Noun: bayberry 'bey,be-ree [N. Amer], 'bey-bu-ree [Brit]
- Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
"bayberry wax was once used to make candles";
- candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica
- West Indian tree; source of bay rum
"The bayberry's aromatic leaves are used in traditional medicine";
- bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris
Derived forms: bayberries
Type of: tree, wax myrtle
Part of: genus Pimenta, Pimenta
Encyclopedia: Bayberry, New York