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wax myrtle

wæks ˈmərtəl
WordNet
  1. (n) wax myrtle
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Wax myrtle
    (Bot) See Bayberry.
Usage in the news

On hike from the entrance of Wax Myrtle Campground you can view the nature, ocean, beach and watch as the canoe's take a ride down the creek to the ocean. kval.com

Hampton master gardeners feature wax myrtle, ninebark and hardy hibiscus. dailypress.com

Wax Myrtle, From Wild to Home. news-press.com

Hampton master gardeners feature wax myrtle , ninebark and hardy hibiscus. dailypress.com

Wax Myrtle , From Wild to Home. news-press.com

What's Blooming: Wax Myrtle . island-reporter.com

Hampton master gardeners feature wax myrtle, ninebark and hardy hibiscus . dailypress.com

Usage in literature

There also wax lights were burning, and on the table lay a myrtle wreath and a lace veil. "Frederick the Great and His Court" by L. Mühlbach

I was met in the bare unpainted hall by a dropsical man of nearly sixty, holding a dim candle, a wax-myrtle dip wrapped on a corncob. "The Cavalier" by George Washington Cable

I am sending an aged lady there to gather the wax of the wild myrtle. "The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable

Its smell is also different; myrtle wax, when fresh, emitting a fragrant balsamic odor. "The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom" by P. L. Simmonds

Before the Revolution a favorite candle for burning at fine houses was made of the wax-myrtle berry. "Stories of American Life and Adventure" by Edward Eggleston

They erected a house and chapel; they planted the front of their land with the myrtle wax shrub. "The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831" by Various

Myrtle Wax att 5d ... 14.4-1/2" and "4 lib Beeswax 6/" from Thomas Jones of the Eastern Shore. "The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia" by C. Malcolm Watkins