wax myrtle

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wax myrtle: see bayberry bayberry, common name for the Myricaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with aromatic foliage, found chiefly in temperate and subtropical regions. The waxy gray "berries" of the North American wild or cultivated bayberry shrubs (chiefly Myrica cerifera
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Both Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica) and California bay (Umbellularia californica) are evergreens that can be trained into gigantic 20-foot-tall hedges or even larger trees.

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SHRUBS, TREES, FLOWERS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

This plant is the Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica).

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