vegetable wax
a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.
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Lacquer, vegetable wax and tobacco are also important staples of production.
Wax candles have been made from the seeds of Myrica macrocarpa in Colombia, and also from vegetable wax in Java.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom | P. L. SimmondsThe price has fallen so much that the preparation of vegetable wax is now said scarcely to yield a profit.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II | A.E. Nordenskieold
British Dictionary definitions for vegetable wax
any of various waxes that occur on parts of certain plants, esp the trunks of certain palms, and prevent loss of water from the plant
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