1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wax-tree

WAX-TREE, Wax Myrtle, Candleberry, popular names of species of Myrica, especially M. cerifera, a North American plant, the fruits of which have a waxy covering and are used as a source of vegetable wax. M. Gale is the native British gale (q.v.) or sweet-gale.