🌿 A fragrant shrub 🌴 A tropical tree

bayberry

9.6

A tropical tree with leaves that are used to make bay rum

noun
/ˈbeɪˌbɛri/

: pimentero

The leaves of the bayberry tree are often used to make fragrant bay rum.

Examples

The bayberry tree's aromatic leaves are popular for their use in traditional Caribbean herbal remedies.
While exploring the island, we found a wild bayberry bush thriving near the beach.
I locked the cottage, hurried to the car, and drove out among the thrashing bayberries.

Fiction book (1997)
Someone had hung a fir wreath decorated with pine cones, silver bayberries, dried blueberries, and a purple ribbon.

Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

Pimenta acris

vsbayberry

Specialized

9.9

A tree from the West Indies used to make bay rum

is the common name rather than the scientific term

bay-rum tree

vsbayberry

9.9

A tropical Caribbean tree whose leaves make a fragrant oil used for aftershave

focuses on the tree itself rather than on the product it yields

Jamaica bayberry

vsbayberry

9.9

A Caribbean tree whose leaves people use to make bay rum

is the neutral generic name without a regional qualifier

Compounds

bayberry tallow

9.9

A green scented wax from bayberry berries used for making candles

bayberry wax

8.9

A green, fragrant material made from the bayberry plant used to make candles

Jamaica bayberry

9.9

A Caribbean tree whose leaves people use to make bay rum

Surface Forms

bayberry singular

bayberries plural

Morphology

bayberry = bay + berry (transparent) = bay + berry

This sense is formed by the same clear compound 'bay' + 'berry' referring to a specific tropical tree known as bay/berry, so the morphological composition is transparent.

Etymology

The word bayberry for the West Indian tree comes from the same parts: bay for the strong-smelling leaves and berry for its fruit. That's why the leaves are used to make bay rum and other scented oils.