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单词 bayberry
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bayberryn.

/ˈbeɪˌbɛri/
Etymology: < bay n.1 2.
1. The fruit of the bay-tree.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 688 Called in Latine Lauri baccæ, in English Bay berries.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 409/2 Take of aniseed..bay-berries, myrrh..of each half an ounce.
2. In U.S., the fruit of the Wax-myrtle ( Myrica cerifera), and the plant itself, an American shrub that bears a berry covered with a wax-like coating.
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1687 in Manchester (Mass.) Rec. 32 The sd. tree being near Vincsons baiberry medow.
1769 Massachusetts Gaz. 21 Dec. (advt.) Bayberry-wax candles.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 123 The bay berry (myrica cerifera), the leaves of which yield an agreeable perfume, and the fruit a delicate green wax, which is made into candles.
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) (at cited word) The berries when boiled in water yield a fragrant green wax, known as bayberry tallow, used for making candles, etc.
1878 T. Moore Thompson's Gardener's Assistant (new ed.) 657/1 Myrica cerifera, candleberry, bay-berry, or wax-myrtle.—Very near the sweet-gale.
3. In Jamaica, the fruit of the ‘Bayberry Tree,’ Eugenia acris, a species of Pimento.
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 247 The Bayberry Tree,..the berries resemble our cloves very much, both in form and flavour.
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