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wax-myrtle

wax-myrtle is the alternative spelling of wax myrtle.

Meaning of wax myrtle

Noun

wax myrtle (plural wax myrtles)

  1. An evergreen bayberry, especially Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera) of the southern U.S., the wax covering its nutlets being used for making scented candles.

Forms of wax-myrtle

pluralwax-myrtles

Questions about wax-myrtle

What is wax-myrtle the alternative spelling of?
Wax-myrtle is the alternative spelling of wax myrtle.

Words near wax-myrtle in the dictionary

  1. wax-colour
  2. wax-end
  3. wax-ends
  4. wax-eye
  5. wax-eyes
  6. wax-myrtle
  7. wax-myrtles
  8. wax-paper
  9. wax-papers
  10. wax-pod bean
  11. wax-pod beans

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