waxberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
    Symphoricarpos alba; common snowberry; snowberry.
  2. noun deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
    Myrica pensylvanica; bayberry; swamp candleberry; candleberry.

WordNet

Wax"ber`ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.

Webster 1913