WAXBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waxberry mean? 

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: WAXBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAXBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common snowberry; snowberry; Symphoricarpos alba; waxberry

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

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

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

Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)

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

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