A berry-producing shrub, especially the bayberry, whose wax coating can be used to make fragrant candles.
Compound: candle (Latin candela) + berry (Old English berige). The term emerged in colonial North America when settlers discovered native shrubs could produce candle wax.
Bayberry candles smell amazing but are super expensive to make, which is why they were historically a status symbol—only wealthy people could afford candles made from candleberry wax!
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