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CANDLEBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does candleberry mean?
• CANDLEBERRY (noun)
The noun CANDLEBERRY has 1 sense:
1. deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Familiarity information: CANDLEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bayberry; candleberry; Myrica pensylvanica; swamp candleberry; waxberry
Hypernyms ("candleberry" is a kind of...):
wax myrtle (any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries)
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