wax myrtle

See also: wax-myrtle

English

Noun

wax myrtle (plural wax myrtles)

  1. An evergreen bayberry, especially Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera) of the southern U.S., the wax covering its nutlets being used for making scented candles.
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