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liuzhou

liuzhou

That is exactly the misinformation I was talking about. Waxberries are emphatically not Myrica rubra.

 

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Waxberries are Gaultheria appressa, from Australia Myrica pensylvanica, from eastern North America Pollichia campestris, from eastern Africa and Arabia Symphoricarpos, a genus of the honeysuckle family. The name "waxberry" is also a common mistranslation to the Chinese fruit, Yangmei (杨梅) Zhang gao or Myrica rubra.

 

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wax·berry
[ˈwaksb(ə)ri]NOUN
  1. a shrub with berries that have a waxy coating

 

These do not have any waxy coating.

 

 

liuzhou

liuzhou

That is exactly the misinformation I was talking about. Waxberries are emphatically not Myrica rubra.

 

"Waxberries are Gaultheria appressa, from Australia Myrica pensylvanica, from eastern North America Pollichia campestris, from eastern Africa and Arabia Symphoricarpos, a genus of the honeysuckle family. The name "waxberry" is also a common mistranslation to the Chinese fruit, Yangmei (杨梅) Zhang gao or Myrica rubra."

liuzhou

liuzhou

That is exactly the misinformation I was talking about. Waxberries are emphatically not Myrica rubra.

 

"Waxberries are Gaultheria appressa, from Australia Myrica pensylvanica, from eastern North America Pollichia campestris, from eastern Africa and Arabia Symphoricarpos, a genus of the honeysuckle family. The name "waxberry" is also a common mistranslation to the Chinese fruit, Yangmei (杨梅) Zhang gao or Myrica rubra."

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