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wax myrtle

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English

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a wax myrtle or bayberry shrub, Morella cerifera

Noun

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wax myrtle (plural wax myrtles)

  1. An evergreen bayberry, especially Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera) of the southern U.S., the wax covering its nutlets being used for making scented candles.
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