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wax myrtles

wax myrtles is the plural 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.

Questions about wax myrtles

What is wax myrtles the plural of?
Wax myrtles is the plural of wax myrtle.

Words near wax myrtles in the dictionary

  1. wax moth
  2. wax moths
  3. wax museum
  4. wax museums
  5. wax myrtle
  6. wax myrtles
  7. wax on
  8. wax palm
  9. wax paper
  10. wax papers
  11. wax pencil

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