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wax flower

American  

wax flower British  

noun

  1. any of several rutaceous shrubs of the genus Eriostemon, having waxy pink-white five-petalled flowers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wax flower

First recorded in 1835–45


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Two-ring arrangement of white panda and pastel anemones, sweet peas, Queen Anne's lace, statice, wax flower, Australian rosemary, wild cucumber and garden mignonette, $100, including a custom-made Silver Lake Farms two-ring holder and jars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

Shown in photo gallery above: The box is about 2 feet by 3 inches and contains peach branches, ranunculus, anemones, larkspur, leptospermum, wax flower, ivy and pittosporum, $400 plus tax and delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

Shown in photo gallery above: Small field-grown arrangement of white panda and pastel anemones, Queen Anne's lace, statice, wax flower, Australian rosemary, wild cucumber and garden mignonette, $75, including the Weck glass jar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

Two years after the period alluded to, the Queen became acquainted with the fact, that a change of circumstances had compelled me to make the art of wax flower modelling a source of profit.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Emma Peachey

There was a table and some chairs but not much other furniture and no ornaments save an old-fashioned wax flower piece under a glass shell on a shelf.

From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner

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