BAYBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bayberry mean? 

• BAYBERRY (noun)
  The noun BAYBERRY has 2 senses:

1. West Indian tree; source of bay rum

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

  Familiarity information: BAYBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAYBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian tree; source of bay rum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon

Hypernyms ("bayberry" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("bayberry" is a member of...):

genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)

Sense 2

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 ("bayberry" is a kind of...):

wax myrtle (any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries)