candleberryn.

/ˈkand(ə)lbɛri/

Etymology: < candle n. + berry n.¹

A name applied to the fruit of two plants and to the plants themselves:

a. properly candleberry-myrtle n. (a) a shrub ( Myrica cerifera) common in North America, whose berries yield myrtle-wax or bayberry tallow, a greenish-white wax, of which tolerable candles are made; called also bayberry n. 2 and wax-myrtle n. at wax n.¹ Compounds 2, and in U.S. commonly candleberry tree; (b) the name is sometimes extended to the other species of galeworts, esp. to the Sweet Gale ( Myrica Gale).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun]

galec1000

Dutch myrtle1597

sweet willow1597

gow1598

sweet-gale1640

candle-tree1692

candleberry tree1731

tallow shrub1770

myrica1791

wax-tree1791

wax-plant1801

wax-myrtle1813

Comptonia1823

tallow-bush1835

wax-berry1835

sweet fern1849

bog myrtle1866

meadow fern1876

flea-wood1892

1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1754) I. 13 The broad-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Candle berry tree..an aromatic evergreen..also called the Virginia myrtle.

1762 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 93 The candleberry myrtle of North America.

1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §347 Wax..exists in such abundance in the fruit of a Virginian myrtle, that this has received the name of Candleberry.

b. properly candleberry tree n. a species of spurgewort, Aleurites triloba, a tree of the Moluccas and the South Pacific Isles, which produces the candle-nut of commerce, the kernels of which are used by the natives as candles.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > Asian > tung or candlenut tree or bean

Indian walnut1831

candle-nut1835

candle-nut tree1854

candleberry tree1866

kukui1866

tung1889

tung oil tree1913

tung nut1937

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 36/1 The Candleberry tree..attaining the height of thirty to forty feet..is commonly cultivated in tropical countries for the sake of its nuts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	candleberry
释义	candleberryn. /ˈkand(ə)lbɛri/ Etymology: < candle n. + berry n.¹ A name applied to the fruit of two plants and to the plants themselves: a. properly candleberry-myrtle n. (a) a shrub ( Myrica cerifera) common in North America, whose berries yield myrtle-wax or bayberry tallow, a greenish-white wax, of which tolerable candles are made; called also bayberry n. 2 and wax-myrtle n. at wax n.¹ Compounds 2, and in U.S. commonly candleberry tree; (b) the name is sometimes extended to the other species of galeworts, esp. to the Sweet Gale ( Myrica Gale). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun] galec1000 Dutch myrtle1597 sweet willow1597 gow1598 sweet-gale1640 candle-tree1692 candleberry tree1731 tallow shrub1770 myrica1791 wax-tree1791 wax-plant1801 wax-myrtle1813 Comptonia1823 tallow-bush1835 wax-berry1835 sweet fern1849 bog myrtle1866 meadow fern1876 flea-wood1892 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1754) I. 13 The broad-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Candle berry tree..an aromatic evergreen..also called the Virginia myrtle. 1762 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 93 The candleberry myrtle of North America. 1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §347 Wax..exists in such abundance in the fruit of a Virginian myrtle, that this has received the name of Candleberry. b. properly candleberry tree n. a species of spurgewort, Aleurites triloba, a tree of the Moluccas and the South Pacific Isles, which produces the candle-nut of commerce, the kernels of which are used by the natives as candles. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > Asian > tung or candlenut tree or bean Indian walnut1831 candle-nut1835 candle-nut tree1854 candleberry tree1866 kukui1866 tung1889 tung oil tree1913 tung nut1937 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 36/1 The Candleberry tree..attaining the height of thirty to forty feet..is commonly cultivated in tropical countries for the sake of its nuts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731
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