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Definitions: Bayberry |
BayberryNoun1. West Indian tree; source of bay rum. 2. Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | A West Indian tree that is closely related to the allspice tree and that is a source of bay oil. Called also bayrum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: BayberrySynonyms: bay-rum tree (n), candleberry (n), swamp candleberry (n), waxberry (n), wild cinnamon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bayberry |
| English words defined with "bayberry": bay rum, Bayberry tallow, bayberry wax ♦ Candleberry tree ♦ Jamaica bayberry ♦ Myrtle wax ♦ Vegetable wax ♦ Wax myrtle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bayberry": 13090 ♦ bayrum tree. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bayberry": Myricin. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Northern bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica. Early colonists boiled the berries and made aromatic candles from the wax. The berries are still used as components of candles.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Robert Winslow, residence on Quanset Rd., East Orleans, Massachusetts. Entrance facade over bayberry.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Health | Outbreaks have occurred among nursery workers handling sphagnum moss, rose gardeners, children playing on baled hay, and greenhouse workers handling bayberry thorns contaminated by the fungus. (references) | |
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1. Bayberry, NY |
Expressions using "bayberry": Bayberry tallow ♦ bayberry tree ♦ bayberry wax ♦ Jamaica bayberry. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bayberry | 75 |
bayberry lane | 67 |
bayberry inn | 19 |
bayberry bush | 11 |
bayberry shrub | 8 |
bayberry plant | 6 |
bayberry northern | 5 |
bayberry candle | 5 |
bayberry cove | 4 |
bayberry hills golf course | 4 |
bayberry tree | 4 |
bayberry hills | 4 |
apartment bayberry | 4 |
bayberry lane catalog | 3 |
bayberry motel | 3 |
bayberry michigan | 3 |
bayberry golf | 2 |
bayberry club golf hills | 2 |
bayberry bark | 2 |
bayberry spells | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "bayberry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | vokspors (wax myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wasgagel (wax myrtle), wasboom (wax myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | myrttivaha (bayberry wax, myrtle wax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | quatre-épices (bayrum tree, Jamaica bayberry), piment âcre (bayrum tree, Jamaica bayberry), cirier, arbre cire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Wachsgagel (wax myrtle), Wachsbeerstrauch (wax myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μυρίκη η κηροφόρος (wax myrtle), δάφνη (bay, bay leaf, laurel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | grasso di mirica (bayberry wax, myrtle wax), cera di mirica (bayberry wax, myrtle wax, myrtle-wax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayberrybay serieira (wax myrtle), cerieira (candle tree, Chinese tallow tree, wax myrtle), árvore-da-cêra (wax myrtle). (various references) mirica cerifera (wax myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Myrica caroliniensis, Myrica cerifera, Myrica pensylvanica. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Bayberry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bosberry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-r-r-y-y" | |
-2 letters: barber, brayer, yabber. | |
-3 letters: abbey, barbe, barer, barre, barye, berry, rebar, yarer, yerba. | |
-4 letters: abbe, abye, aery, babe, baby, barb, bare, bear, brae, bray, byre, eyra, eyry, rare, rear, yare, year. | |
-5 letters: aby, arb, are, aye, bar, bay, bey, bra, brr, bye, ear, ebb, era, err, ray, reb, rya, rye, yar, yay, yea. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 79 62 65 72 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.--. -... . .-. .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01111001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a y b e r r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0079 0062 0065 0072 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667916871848491 |
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