bayberry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries. Canada,US
    — 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.
  2. The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.; Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry. Canada,US
    — The two North American genera are Myrica (bayberry) and Comptonia (sweet-fern).
  3. The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).
    — [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.
  4. West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.

词形变化

bayberries plural

词汇关系

近义词
wax myrtle
衍生词
Asian bayberry bayberry tallow bayberry waxtree bayberry willow California bayberry Chinese bayberry faya bayberry Japanese bayberry northern bayberry red bayberry scentless bayberry Sierra bayberry southern bayberry

词源

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
Middle English berye
English berry
English bayberry
From bay + berry.
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