waxberry n 1: deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn: {snowberry}, {common snowberry}, {waxberry}, {Symphoricarpos alba}] 2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey- green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {candleberry}, {swamp candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]
Waxberry \Wax"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See {Bayberry}, and {Candleberry tree}. [1913 Webster]