bayberry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.71 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).
noun
West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The two North American genera are Myrica (bayberry) and Comptonia (sweet-fern)."
- "[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."
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 ▲ Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English bayberry From bay + berry.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Asian bayberry
bayberry tallow
bayberry wax
bayberry waxtree
bayberry willow
California bayberry
Chinese bayberry
faya bayberry