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☆ wax myrtle

an evergreen bayberry (Myrica cerifera) native to E North America and having grayish-white berries coated with a wax used for candles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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