any of several North American aromatic shrubs or small trees of the genus Myrica, that bear grey waxy berries: family Myricaceae
See also wax myrtle
2. Also called: bay rum tree
a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
3.
the fruit of any of these plants
Examples of 'bayberries' in a sentence
bayberries
Bayberries are important sources of phytochemicals.
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