English noun: wax myrtle | |||
| 1. | wax myrtle (plant) any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bay myrtle, bayberry, candleberry, Myrica cerifera, Myrica pensylvanica, puckerbush, swamp candleberry, waxberry | ||
| Member meronym | genus Myrica, Myrica | ||
| Substance holonym | bayberry tallow, bayberry wax | ||