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Definition of Myrica cerifera

Myrica cerifera
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.
Myrica cerifera
Candleberry tree Can"dle*ber`ry tree (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

Meaning of Myrica cerifera from wikipedia

- Myrica cerifera is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax...
- Britton & P.Wilson Myrica californica Cham. & Schltdl. – California bayberry Myrica caroliniensis Mill. southern bayberry Myrica cerifera L. – wax-myrtle...
- from the surface of the fruit of the bayberry (wax-myrtle) shrub (ex. Myrica cerifera) by boiling the fruits in water and skimming the wax from the surface...
- Myrica caroliniensis is a shrub or small tree native to the coast and coastal plains of southeastern North America. Its common names include bayberry,...
- Myrica pensylvanica, the northern bayberry, is a species of Myrica native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Ohio, and south...
- known from the US states of Florida and Texas. The larvae feed on Myrica cerifera. Savela, Markku. "Acrobasis cirroferella Hulst, 1892". Lepidoptera...
- (Connecticut, Maine and Vermont). The larvae feed on Myrica caroliniensis, Myrica cerifera and Myrica gale. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Global...
- of Florida, as well as in the Greater Antilles. The larvae feed on Myrica cerifera. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Chloropteryx paularia". Integrated Taxonomic...
- by weedy, secondary-successional species such as southern bayberry (Myrica cerifera), West Indian nettle tree (Trema lamarckianum) and Vac****ia species...
- suggested honoring the locally abundant shrub, the southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera). The Withers post office changed its name to "Myrtle Beach" soon afterward...