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单词 wax myrtle
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Definition of wax myrtle in English:

wax myrtle

noun
  • another term for bayberry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In winter, when the dogwoods and Japanese maples lose their leaves and the perennials disappear for the season, the yard is still masked from view by broad-leafed evergreens, such as rhododendrons, camellias, wax myrtle, and boxwood.
    • I'm also looking at cherry laurel or wax myrtle as a privacy hedge.
    • A lush hammock of live oak and wax myrtle engulfed the bank, making it nearly impossible to see the 50-foot-wide spring.
    • Native buttonbush and Southern wax myrtle put up with poor drainage.
    • In the northeastern part of the area is a sand ridge supporting turkey oak, sand live oak, wax myrtle, Chapman oak, and longleaf pine.
    • Their ability to digest the wax on wax myrtle and other berries is unique among the warblers and allows them to winter farther north than most other members of the family.
    • In addition to the oaks, the city lost wax myrtles, hackberries, weeping willows and magnolias.
    • Other hedge plants for backyard retreats include Mexican orange, Pacific wax myrtle, Pittosporum tobira, and strawberry tree.
    • Native shrubs scattered beneath the canopy include buttonbush, dahoon holly, Virginia willow and wax myrtle.

Definition of wax myrtle in US English:

wax myrtle

noun
  • An evergreen bayberry, especially the common Myrica cerifera of the southern US. The wax covering its nutlets is used for making scented candles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition to the oaks, the city lost wax myrtles, hackberries, weeping willows and magnolias.
    • Their ability to digest the wax on wax myrtle and other berries is unique among the warblers and allows them to winter farther north than most other members of the family.
    • In winter, when the dogwoods and Japanese maples lose their leaves and the perennials disappear for the season, the yard is still masked from view by broad-leafed evergreens, such as rhododendrons, camellias, wax myrtle, and boxwood.
    • Native buttonbush and Southern wax myrtle put up with poor drainage.
    • Native shrubs scattered beneath the canopy include buttonbush, dahoon holly, Virginia willow and wax myrtle.
    • A lush hammock of live oak and wax myrtle engulfed the bank, making it nearly impossible to see the 50-foot-wide spring.
    • In the northeastern part of the area is a sand ridge supporting turkey oak, sand live oak, wax myrtle, Chapman oak, and longleaf pine.
    • Other hedge plants for backyard retreats include Mexican orange, Pacific wax myrtle, Pittosporum tobira, and strawberry tree.
    • I'm also looking at cherry laurel or wax myrtle as a privacy hedge.
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