wax-plantn.

Brit.

/ˈwaksplɑːnt/,

/ˈwaksplant/, U.S.

/ˈwæksˌplænt/

A name given to various plants either yielding a vegetable wax or having a waxy appearance; esp. (a) the candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera; (b) any species of Hoya, esp. H. carnosa; (c) the corpse-plant, Monotropa uniflora.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun]

galec1000

Dutch myrtle1597

sweet willow1597

gow1598

sweet-gale1640

candle-tree1692

candleberry tree1731

tallow shrub1770

myrica1791

wax-tree1791

wax-plant1801

wax-myrtle1813

Comptonia1823

tallow-bush1835

wax-berry1835

sweet fern1849

bog myrtle1866

meadow fern1876

flea-wood1892

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental vine > [noun] > haya

wax-plant1801

wax flower1848

hoya1851

wax-creeper1890

the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > monotropa genus (Indian pipe)

Monotropa1753

wax-plant1801

Indian pipe1822

pinesap1824

tobacco-pipe1845

ghost plant1856

fir-rape1861

Indian pipestem1869

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 19 In most of the sandy flats are found..two varieties of the Myrica cerifera, or wax plant.

1865 Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell xxxv Mamma made me bring this down at once for your conservatory... It is a wax plant, and a very beautiful one.

1875 J. C. Melliss St. Helena 311 Hoya carnosa,..Wax plant... Hab. China.

1877 C. Warren On Veldt in Seventies (1902) 379 On the window there hung a ‘wax plant,’ which has beautiful waxen-looking flowers.

1879 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Wax-plant, a white fleshy plant (Monotropa uniflora).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wax-plant
释义	wax-plantn. Brit. /ˈwaksplɑːnt/, /ˈwaksplant/, U.S. /ˈwæksˌplænt/ A name given to various plants either yielding a vegetable wax or having a waxy appearance; esp. (a) the candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera; (b) any species of Hoya, esp. H. carnosa; (c) the corpse-plant, Monotropa uniflora. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun] galec1000 Dutch myrtle1597 sweet willow1597 gow1598 sweet-gale1640 candle-tree1692 candleberry tree1731 tallow shrub1770 myrica1791 wax-tree1791 wax-plant1801 wax-myrtle1813 Comptonia1823 tallow-bush1835 wax-berry1835 sweet fern1849 bog myrtle1866 meadow fern1876 flea-wood1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental vine > [noun] > haya wax-plant1801 wax flower1848 hoya1851 wax-creeper1890 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > monotropa genus (Indian pipe) Monotropa1753 wax-plant1801 Indian pipe1822 pinesap1824 tobacco-pipe1845 ghost plant1856 fir-rape1861 Indian pipestem1869 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 19 In most of the sandy flats are found..two varieties of the Myrica cerifera, or wax plant. 1865 Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell xxxv Mamma made me bring this down at once for your conservatory... It is a wax plant, and a very beautiful one. 1875 J. C. Melliss St. Helena 311 Hoya carnosa,..Wax plant... Hab. China. 1877 C. Warren On Veldt in Seventies (1902) 379 On the window there hung a ‘wax plant,’ which has beautiful waxen-looking flowers. 1879 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Wax-plant, a white fleshy plant (Monotropa uniflora). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1801
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