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单词 waxberry
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waxberry

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

noun, plural wax·ber·ries.

the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
the snowberry.

Origin of waxberry

First recorded in 1825–35; wax1 + berry

Words nearby waxberry

wawl, wax, Waxahachie, wax and wane, wax bean, waxberry, waxbill, wax cap, waxcloth, waxen, waxer
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Example sentences from the Web for waxberry

  • Waxberry bushes stoutly thrived, and, in early springtime, an aged Pyrrhus Japonica put on its blaze of scarlet bloom.

    A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks
  • Tamaiti himself disappeared a while in the bush and returned with coco tinder, dry leaves, and a spray of waxberry.

    In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson
  • More exquisite still is a single rose rescued from choking in a snarl of waxberry bushes.

    A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks
  • So he went over behind the waxberry bushes, too, and was half way home before you could say "Jack Robinson."

    The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book|Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for waxberry

waxberry
/ (ˈwæksbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the waxy fruit of the wax myrtle or the snowberry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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