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Bayberry   Listen
noun
Bayberry  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b)
A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
(c)
The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; called also candleberry tree.
Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; called also myrtle wax.





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"Bayberry" Quotes from Famous Books



... cry, Drawing the twilight close about their throats. Only my heart makes answer. Eager vines Go up the rocks and wait; flushed apple-trees Pause in their dance and break the ring for me; Dim, shady wood-roads, redolent of fern And bayberry, that through sweet bevies thread Of round-faced roses, pink and petulant, Look back and beckon ere they disappear. Only my heart, only my heart responds. Yet, ah, my path is sweet on either side All through the dragging ...
— Second April • Edna St. Vincent Millay


Words linked to "Bayberry" :   Pimenta acris, bay-rum tree, genus Pimenta, bayberry tallow, bayberry wax, Myrica pensylvanica, tree, waxberry


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