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What is a candleberry?

What is a candleberry? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
  2. The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica.
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In the East Indies the candleberry, which contains oily seeds, has been burned for light by the natives.
The kernels of the alearites triloba, the candleberry tree, a plant growing in most tropical countries.
He put in the finished candlesticks and a box of candleberry dips he had made of delightfully spiced wax, coloured pale green.

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