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BAYBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
Synonyms:
bayberry; candleberry; Myrica pensylvanica; swamp candleberry; waxberry
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Synonyms:
bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
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