| 单词 | japan wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJapan wax Japan wax n. = Japanese wax n. at Japanese adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants > specific myrtle wax1700 piney tallow1843 Japanese wax1859 Japan wax1859 myrica wax1862 myrtle-berry wax1888 berry wax1897 candelilla wax1909 1859 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan II. 257 Hitherto the most successful cargo brought to this country from Japan has been one of Japanese wax. Mr. Simmonds..gives the following account of Japan wax:—‘Rhus succedanea, the species which furnishes the Japan wax, has long been grown in our greenhouses, having been introduced from China nearly a century ago.’ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. s.v. Rhus The Japan wax, which is occasionally imported into this country. 1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 275 Myrtle wax..which, like Japan wax, is rather a fat than a true wax. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 201/2 Japan wax is sometimes called vegetable wax. < as lemmas |
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