bayberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun West Indian tree; source of bay rum
    Pimenta acris; Jamaica bayberry; bay-rum tree; wild cinnamon.
  2. noun deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
    Myrica pensylvanica; waxberry; swamp candleberry; candleberry.

WordNet

Bay"ber*ry noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913