Wax-tree

From LoveToKnow 1911

WAX-TREE, WAX MYRTLE, CANDLEBERRY, popular names of species of Myrica, especially M. cerifera, a North American plant, the fruits of which have a waxy covering and are used as a source of vegetable wax. M. Gale is the native British gale (q.v.) or sweet-gale.


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