'Candleberry' definitions:
Definition of 'candleberry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries [syn: bayberry, candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica]
Definition of 'candleberry'
From: GCIDE
- Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [1913 Webster]