資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`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}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
candleberry
n : deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with
gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {swamp
candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]