Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Waxy or waxlike.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, waxy: applied to bodies which have the texture and color of new wax, as the pollen-masses of many orchids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.
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- adjective
waxy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin cēra, wax; see cerate + –aceous.]
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