bayberry noun4 •(US, Canada) The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.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. — 1913 •(US, Canada) Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.The two North American genera are Myrica (bayberry) and Comptonia (sweet-fern). — 2002 •West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum. •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. — 1665 formsbayberries
