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bayberry tallow definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles [syn: bayberry wax, bayberry tallow]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bayberry Bay"ber*ry, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris). (c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.