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wax plant

or waxplant

noun

  1. a shrubby climbing plant, Hoya carnosa, of the milkweed family, native to Australia, with umbels of waxy pink or white flowers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wax plant1

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Example Sentences

The wax-plant, though properly a summer blooming plant, sometimes flowers in winter.

Of the cultivated forms, the wax-plant (Hoya), and Physianthus are the commonest.

I have morning-glories, double lady's-slippers, and wax-plant.

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