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WAXFLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
Synonyms:
Indian pipe; Monotropa uniflora; waxflower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("waxflower" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("waxflower" is a member of...):
genus Monotropa; Monotropa (leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
Synonyms:
Clusia insignis; waxflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("waxflower" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("waxflower" is a member of...):
genus Clusia (tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs; often epiphytic; some stranglers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Madagascar jasmine; Stephanotis floribunda; waxflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("waxflower" is a kind of...):
stephanotis (any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers)
Holonyms ("waxflower" is a member of...):
genus Stephanotis (genus of Old World tropical woody vines)
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