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VEGETABLE WAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vegetable wax mean?
• VEGETABLE WAX (noun)
The noun VEGETABLE WAX has 1 sense:
1. a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
Familiarity information: VEGETABLE WAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("vegetable wax" is a kind of...):
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
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