bayberry

/bey-ber-ee, -buh-ree/US // ˈbeɪˌbɛr i, -bə ri //UK // (ˈbeɪbərɪ) //

杨梅,月桂树,月桂园,海棠花

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural bay·ber·ries.
- : any of several often aromatic trees or shrubs of the genus Myrica, as M. pensylvanica, of northeastern North America, and M. californica, of the western U.S.Compare wax myrtle.
- : the berry of such a plant.
- : bay.

I conveyed the bayberry wax to Abb de Chalut, with your compliments, as you desired.
He cantered away into the shrub-oaks and bayberry-bushes which chanced to grow there, but were hardly high enough to conceal him.
The darkness fell fast, and the supper dishes had to be put under some bayberry bushes until morning.
Evidently, by colonial time, twilight was coming on; for now the fragrant bayberry candles were lighted.
The green bayberry candles grew dim, and in their fragrant smoke the old colonials faded away.