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.

Words nearby wax plant

wax moth, wax museum, wax myrtle, wax palm, wax paper, wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxahachie, waxberry, waxbill

Origin of wax plant

First recorded in 1795–1805

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British Dictionary definitions for waxplant

waxplant

/ (ˈwæksˌplɑːnt) /

noun

a climbing asclepiadaceous shrub, Hoya carnosa, of E Asia and Australia, having fleshy leaves and clusters of small waxy white pink-centred flowers

any of various similar plants of the genus Hoya

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