What is "candleberry"

Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

n. 1 Common name of the plants in the genus ''Myrica'', containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. 2 The fruit of plants in the genus ''Myrica''.

n. deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]