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bayberry

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe? Old English beġerclip.? Old English *beġ Latin bācader. Old French baieder. Middle English baye English bay Middle English berye English berry English bayberry From bay + berry.

  1. derived from baye English bay Middle English berye English berry English bayberry From bay + berry
  2. derived from baieder
  3. derived from *beġ Latin bācader✻
  4. derived from *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe? Old English beġerclip✻

Definitions

  1. The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub

    The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.

    • It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.

  2. The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

    • [T]heir shape was much like a Figg, but very much smaller, some being about the bigness of a Bay-berry, others, and the biggest, of a Hazel-Nut.

  3. West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves…

    West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.

The neighborhood

Derived

Asian bayberry, bayberry tallow, bayberry waxtree, bayberry willow, California bayberry, Chinese bayberry, faya bayberry, Japanese bayberry, northern bayberry, red bayberry, scentless bayberry, Sierra bayberry, southern bayberry

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA