单词 | waxflower |
释义 | waxflower (once / 3939771 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY waxflower: waxflowers USAGE EXAMPLESShe was infinitely more than a well-modelled waxflower, and yet hardly a growing plant. MacDonald, George, What's Mine's Mine — Complete(2010) 1 n small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age 2Syn|Hyper Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant 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 3Syn|Hyper Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda stephanotis any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers 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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