Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.)
   A shrub (the {Myrica cerifera}, or wax-bearing myrtle),
   common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
   with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for
   hardening candles; -- also called {bayberry tree},
   {bayberry}, or {candleberry}.

Source : WordNet®

candleberry
     n : deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with
         gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {swamp
         candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]