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Candleberry tree
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Candleberry tree,
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 . [1913 Webster]
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