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Noun: bay myrtle  bey'mur-t(u)l
  1. Evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
    "Colonial Americans made candles from bay myrtle berries";
    - puckerbush, Myrica cerifera

Derived forms: bay myrtles

Type of: wax myrtle