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

myrtle \myr"tle\ m~er"t'l, n. f. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
   little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, l. myrtus, murtus, gr.
   my`rtos; cf. per. m=urd. bot.
   a species of the genus myrtus, especially myrtus
   communis. the common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
   eight or ten feet high. its branches form a close, full head,
   thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. it
   has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
   black several-seeded berries. the ancients considered it
   sacred to venus. the flowers, leaves, and berries are used
   variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
   beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
   1913 webster

   note: the name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
         america to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
         periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. in the
         west indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
         myrtle.
         1913 webster

   bog myrtle, the sweet gale.

   crape myrtle. see under crape.

   myrtle warbler zool., a north american wood warbler
      dendroica coronata; -- called also myrtle bird,
      yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.

   myrtle wax. bot. see bayberry tallow, under bayberry.
      

   sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub leiophyllum
      buxifolium, growing in new jersey and southward.

   wax myrtle myrica cerifera. see bayberry.
      1913 webster
see also:
myrtus myrtus communis bog myrtle crape myrtle crape myrtle warbler 
dendroica coronata myrtle bird yellow-rumped warbler yellow-crowned warbler myrtle wax 
bayberry tallow bayberry sand myrtle leiophyllum buxifolium wax myrtle 
myrica cerifera 

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

bayberry \bay"berry\, 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.
       1913 webster

   bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
      bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
      1913 webster
see also:
laurus nobilis pimenta acris myrica cerifera candleberry tree bayberry tallow myrtle wax 

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

candleberry tree \can"dleber`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
see also:
myrica cerifera bayberry tree bayberry candleberry 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

myrica cerifera
     n : evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern united
         states having small hard berries thickly coated with
         white wax used for candles syn: bay myrtle, puckerbush
see also:
bay myrtle puckerbush 

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