Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Porto Rico, the bayberry, Pimenta racemosa (Caryophyllus racemosus of Miller), the leaves of which yield bay-oil, the source of bay-rum. See bayberry, 3, and Pimenta.
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Examples
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Those which frequent the higher and damp regions eat the leaves of various trees, a kind of berry (called guayavita) which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous lichen (Usnera plicata), that hangs from the boughs of the trees.
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Those which frequent the higher and damp regions, eat the leaves of various trees, a kind of berry (called guayavita) which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous lichen (Usnera plicata), that hangs from the boughs of the trees.
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In the upper region they live chiefly on the acid and astringent berries of the guayavita, under which trees I have seen these lizards and the huge tortoises feeding together.
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