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bay·ber·ry

npl  -ries  1  :  a West Indian tree of the genus Pimenta (P. racemosa) of the myrtle family yielding a yellow aromatic oil  2 a  :  any of several wax myrtles : esp  :  a hardy shrub (Myrica pensylvanica) of coastal eastern No. America bearing dense clusters of small globular nuts covered with grayish white wax  b  :  the fruit of a bayberry .
 
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