waxwork Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
bittersweet; climbing bittersweet; shrubby bittersweet; false bittersweet; staff vine; Celastrus scandens; American bittersweet.
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noun an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
wax figure.
WordNet
Wax"work` noun
Definitions
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Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. -
(Bot.) An American climbing shrub ( Celastrus scandens ). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
