WAXFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waxflower mean? 

• WAXFLOWER (noun)
  The noun WAXFLOWER has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. epiphytic clusia of British Guiana

3. small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age

  Familiarity information: WAXFLOWER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAXFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Madagascar jasmine; Stephanotis floribunda; waxflower

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clusia insignis; waxflower

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:

Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian pipe; Monotropa uniflora; waxflower

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)