waxberry

[ waks-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
/ ˈwæksˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun, plural wax·ber·ries.

the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
the snowberry.

Origin of waxberry

First recorded in 1825–35; wax1 + berry

Words nearby waxberry

wax paper, wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxahachie, waxberry, waxbill, waxcloth, waxen, waxer, waxeye

Example sentences from the Web for waxberry

  • Waxberry bushes stoutly thrived, and, in early springtime, an aged Pyrrhus Japonica put on its blaze of scarlet bloom.

    A Garden with House Attached |Sarah Warner Brooks

  • Tamaiti himself disappeared a while in the bush and returned with coco tinder, dry leaves, and a spray of waxberry.

    In the South Seas |Robert Louis Stevenson

  • More exquisite still is a single rose rescued from choking in a snarl of waxberry bushes.

    A Garden with House Attached |Sarah Warner Brooks

  • So he went over behind the waxberry bushes, too, and was half way home before you could say "Jack Robinson."

    The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book |Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for waxberry

waxberry
/ (ˈwæksbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the waxy fruit of the wax myrtle or the snowberry