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wax flower, ˈwax-flower
1. An imitation flower made of wax.
1843A. McLaren in E. T. McLaren Mem. (1911) 26 Mary, the wax flowers arrived in safety. 1844Mintorn (title) The Hand-book for modelling Wax Flowers. 1858Geo. Eliot Scenes Clerical Life, Janet's Repent. iii, Wax-flowers presuppose delicate fingers and robust patience.
Comb.1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Wax-flower maker.
2. A name given to certain plants:
a. the genus Hoya, esp. H. carnosa;
b. Clusia insignis of Guyana (Ogilvie 1883);
c. Stephanotis floribunda (Cent. Dict.).
1848Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 611 Hoya carnosa... Fleshy-leaved Hoya. Wax Flower. 1884W. Miller Plant-n. i. 144 Wax-flower. The genus Hoya. |