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wax cap

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noun

  1. any fungus of the basidiomycetous family Hygrophoraceae, having thick waxy gills. Many are brightly coloured, like the parrot toadstool ( Hygrophorus psittacinus ), which is yellow with a covering of green slime, and the orange-red H. conicus

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I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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