wax-treen.
/ˈwakstriː/, U.S. /ˈwæksˌtri/ A name given to various trees, of different localities, yielding vegetable or insect wax; esp.
a. The candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera, of North America.
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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
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 405 A species of Myrica (Myrica inodora)..which the French inhabitants call the Wax tree.
1803 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Mar. 188 The myrica cerifera, or wax tree.
b. The privet, Ligustrum lucidum, of China.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hedge plants > privet
primpc1400
ligustre1480
privet1542
primprint1548
prim1573
ligustrum1664
English myrtle1816
wax-tree1825
Japan privet1869
swamp privet1884
primet-
1825 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 52 2565 Ligustrum lucidum. Chinese Privet, or Wax-tree.
1890 A. Hosie Three Years W. China 197 The tree is known to the Chinese as the Pai-la shu, or ‘white wax tree’.
c. The genus Vismia of South America.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > other South American gum trees
muskwood1696
weeping bower1696
wax-tree1843
resin plant1846
carnauba1854
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 152/1 Wax-tree, the common name of the plants belonging to the genus Vismia.
d. The varnish-tree of South America, Elæagia utilis.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 442/2 The natives [in S. America] speak of the tree producing this resin, Elæagia utilis, as the Wax tree or Varnish tree.
e. The Japanese shrub Rhus succedanea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]
buck's-horna1450
rhus?1541
sumac1548
Venice sumac1597
poisonwood1671
poison tree1676
swamp sumac1722
urushi1727
stag-horn1753
Venetian sumac1755
poison ash1757
ipoh1779
poison sumac1785
ailanthus tree1789
Japan varnish1789
vinegar-plant1797
mountain sumac1813
poison dogwood1814
upas1814
karee1815
fustet1821
taaibos1821
poison elder1822
varnish sumac1822
Japan lacquer1835
tree of heaven1845
anacard1847
smoke plant1856
tanners' sumac1858
swamp dogwood1859
smoke-tree1860
wax-tree1866
wig-sumac1867
wig-tree1867
burnwood1874
vinegar-tree1874
mountain manchineel1884
valley of death tree1888
sugar-bush1900
smoke bush1902
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1229/2 Wax-tree,..Japan, Rhus succeedaneum.
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