noun
- a small waxy berry produced by the bayberry shrub, used to make candles and soap
- the bayberry shrub itself that produces waxy berries
Examples
- The colonists collected waxberries to make candles for the winter.
- Waxberry candles burn with a pleasant, subtle fragrance.
- The waxberry shrub grows wild along the coastal regions.
- She harvested waxberries from the bushes in her garden.
- Traditional soap makers still use waxberry wax in their recipes.
- The gray-green waxberry bushes lined the sandy path to the beach.