wax plant
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Wax plant — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wax plant — wax′ plant or wax′plant n. pln any of several tropical climbing or trailing plants of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, with umbels of pale waxy flowers • Etymology: 1795–1805 … From formal English to slang
wax|plant — «WAKS PLANT, PLAHNT», noun. any tropical Asian and Australian plant of a group of the milkweed family having shiny leaves and waxy flowers … Useful english dictionary
wax plant — noun succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star shaped flowers • Syn: ↑Hoya carnosa • Hypernyms: ↑hoya * * * noun 1. : indian pipe 2. : a cultivated twiner ( … Useful english dictionary
Wax-plant — Taxobox | name = Wax plant image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Asclepiadaceae genus = Hoya species = H. carnosa binomial = Hoya carnosa Wax plant ( Hoya carnosa ) of… … Wikipedia
wax plant — vaškinė kopernicija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Copernicia prunifera), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas vaškas. atitikmenys: lot. Copernicia prunifera angl. carnauba palm; carnauba wax palm;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
wax plant — vaškuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šeima. Klemaliniai – Asclepiadaceae Borkh. atitikmenys: lot. Hoya angl. wax plant vok. Hoya; Wachsblume rus. плющ восковый; хойя lenk. hoja; woskownica … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
wax plant — storalapė vaškuolė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Hoya carnosa angl. wax plant vok. Wachsblume rus. плющ восковый мясистый; хойя мясистая; хойя сочная lenk. hoja różowa … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
wax-plant — … Useful english dictionary
Wax — Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
