Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waxberry"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Waxberry \Wax"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See
{Bayberry}, and {Candleberry tree}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

waxberry
n 1: deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of
pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn: {snowberry},
{common snowberry}, {Symphoricarpos alba}]
2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with
gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {candleberry},
{swamp candleberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]


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