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Wax-Tree
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
WAX MYRTLE, CANDLEBERRY, popular names of species of Myrica, especially M. cerifera, a North American plant, the fruits of which have a waxy covering and are used as a source of vegetable wax. M. Gale is the native British gale (q.v.) or sweet-gale.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Wax-Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/wax-tree.html. 1910.