bayberry
IPA: bˈeɪbɛri
noun
- (Canada, US) The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.
- Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.
- The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).
- West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.
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Examples of "bayberry" in Sentences
- Bayberry has a history of medicinal use.
- Bayberry wax is an aromatic green vegetable wax.
- Bayberry root bark is the part used in herbalism.
- Bayberry fruits provide a wax often used to make candles.
- Shrub species such as bayberry and dewberry can also be found.
- Also present are self sown sumac, poplar, poison ivy, and bayberry.
- Candles in holiday colors, scented cranberry and bayberry and vanilla.
- Bayberry was eventually adopted as a medicinal plant, but only in the South.
- She found her friend outside, crouched down in front of a large bayberry bush.
- Some appropriate shrubs are summersweet, Virginia sweetspire, southern bayberry and winterberry holly.
- As Betty MacDonald says, "We had quite a few candles but we learned that a wick is a wick even if a candle is three feet tall and bayberry."
- Soft music plays, crystal chandeliers sparkle like diamonds in the dimmed light and candles fill the air with the seasonal scent of bayberry.
- (RNS) Smoke wafts upward as the Rev. Mike Peters blows on the Knick-Knick, a sacred herbal blend of spearmint leaves, red willow bark, sage, sweet grass and bayberry bush.
- He attempted to bring back the game's naturalist approach by using only native plants—pitch pine, shad, scrub oak, bayberry and wild blueberry—and incorporating structural elements of the old racetrack.
- Dr. Fuja continued, "We are particularly pleased to include in the formulation the powerful, marquis super-antioxidant yum berry (yang-mei in Chinese), also known as red bayberry, which is harvested from one hundred-year-old trees, and the flavonoid-rich concord grape, which has been shown to contain potent antioxidants that may protect against oxidative stress and reduce the risk of free radical damage and chronic diseases."
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