waxberry (n.)

  1. deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries

    [ Syn: snowberry , common snowberry , symphoricarpos alba ]

  2. deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

    [ Syn: bayberry , candleberry , swamp candleberry , myrica pensylvanica ]

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