1. West Indian tree; source of bay rum; SYN. bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris.
2. Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries; SYN. candleberry, swamp candleberry, waxberry, Myrica pensylvanica.
Fruit of baytree; American, fruit of wax-myrtle; species of W Indies pimento, yielding bay oil or rum.