wax plant

or wax·plant

noun

a shrubby climbing plant, Hoya carnosa, of the milkweed family, native to Australia, with umbels of waxy pink or white flowers.

Origin of wax plant

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Historical Examples of wax plant

I have morning-glories, double lady's-slippers, and wax-plant.
Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880
Various
The wax-plant, though properly a summer blooming plant, sometimes flowers in winter.
A Garden with House Attached
Sarah Warner Brooks
Of the cultivated forms, the wax-plant (Hoya), and Physianthus are the commonest.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany
Douglas Houghton Campbell