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单词 waxflower
释义
waxflower
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WORD FAMILY
waxflower: waxflowers
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She was infinitely more than a well-modelled waxflower, and yet hardly a growing plant.
MacDonald, George, What's Mine's Mine — Complete(2010)
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n small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
Syn|Hyper
Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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n twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
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Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda
stephanotis
any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
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n epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
Syn|Hyper
Clusia insignis
aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
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