"bayberry" meaning in All languages combined

See bayberry on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bayberries [plural]
Etymology: From bay + berry. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bay|berry}} bay + berry Head templates: {{en-noun}} bayberry (plural bayberries)
  1. (Canada, US) The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries. Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fagales order plants
    Sense id: en-bayberry-en-noun-oDB2VCwx Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 17 28 Disambiguation of Fagales order plants: 25 28 16 30 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 25 26 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 34 14 28
  2. (Canada, US) The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.
    Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.
    Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fagales order plants Synonyms (species in the family Myricaceae): candleberry, wax myrtle
    Sense id: en-bayberry-en-noun-8WHbw3lu Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 17 28 Disambiguation of Fagales order plants: 25 28 16 30 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 25 26 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 34 14 28 Disambiguation of 'species in the family Myricaceae': 10 69 9 12
  3. The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fagales order plants
    Sense id: en-bayberry-en-noun-hXE6YIyC Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 17 28 Disambiguation of Fagales order plants: 25 28 16 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 25 26 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 34 14 28
  4. West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum. Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fagales order plants
    Sense id: en-bayberry-en-noun-Fw0INTO5 Disambiguation of Berries: 27 27 17 28 Disambiguation of Fagales order plants: 25 28 16 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 25 26 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 34 14 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Morella cerifera): wax myrtle
Disambiguation of 'Morella cerifera': 40 40 7 12 Derived forms: Asian bayberry (taxonomic: Nageia nagi), bayberry tallow (taxonomic: Myrica cerifera), bayberry waxtree (taxonomic: Myrica cerifera), bayberry willow (taxonomic: Salix myricoides), California bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica californica), Chinese bayberry (alt: syn. Myrica rubra) (taxonomic: Morella rubra), faya bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica faya), Japanese bayberry (taxonomic: Morella rubra), northern bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica pensylvanica), red bayberry (taxonomic: Morella rubra), scentless bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica inodora), Sierra bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica hartwegii), southern bayberry (taxonomic: Myrica cerifera)

Inflected forms

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