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waxmyrtle

waxmyrtle is the alternative form 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 waxmyrtle

pluralwaxmyrtles

Questions about waxmyrtle

What is waxmyrtle the alternative form of?
Waxmyrtle is the alternative form of wax myrtle.

Words near waxmyrtle in the dictionary

  1. waxmakers
  2. waxmaking
  3. Waxman
  4. waxmoth
  5. waxmoths
  6. waxmyrtle
  7. waxmyrtles
  8. waxpalm
  9. waxpalms
  10. waxpaper
  11. waxpapers

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