waxberry

American  

[waks-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈwæksˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

waxberries plural

1. the wax myrtle or the bayberry.

2. the snowberry.

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waxberry British  

/ ˈwæksbərɪ, -brɪ /

noun

1. the waxy fruit of the wax myrtle or the snowberry

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• waxberries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of waxberry

First recorded in 1825–35; wax ¹ + berry

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

waxberry waxberries

Beyond were giant lilacs, and groups of waxberry bushes covered with the pretty white balls that children love to string; there was the old-fashioned "burning-bush," already preparing its queer, angled berries for autumn splendors.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

Tamaiti himself disappeared a while in the bush and returned with coco tinder, dry leaves, and a spray of waxberry.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

So he went over behind the waxberry bushes, too, and was half way home before you could say "Jack Robinson."

From The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book being a new edition in one volume of "The Hollow Tree" and "In The Deep Woods" with several new stories and pictures added by Paine, Albert Bigelow

A big deutzia bush looms between his window and the road, while at my window only the tips of a waxberry bush obscure the view, and there is a door beside me.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

She wore, I remember, a dress of warm crimson, and she had wound around her head a string of waxberries, that looked like a fillet of pearls.

From The Story Girl by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

There were still some "snowballs" on the great guelder rose-bushes, and the waxberries on the little one's gleamed like pearls.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth