Candleberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.)
     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}.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  candleberry
       n : deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with
           gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {swamp
           candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]