1. = Candle-berry Myrtle. Hence Candle-tree Oil.
1691. Ray, Creation, II. (1692), 194 (R.). The Candle-trees of the West Indies, out of whose Fruit boyl’d to a thick fat Consistence, are made very good Candles.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
2. An American tree, Parmentiera cerifera (N. O. Crescentiaceæ): from the appearance of its fruit.
1866. Treas. Bot., 648/1. In the Isthmus of Panama … termed the Candle-tree … because its fruits, often four feet long, have quite the appearance of yellow wax-candles.
1885. Lady Brassey, The Trades, 108. In the nursery and extension grounds are … candle-trees.
