About The Word Waxwork
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Waxwork
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What's The Definition Of Waxwork?
[n] an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
[n] twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Synonyms | Synonyms for Waxwork: American bittersweet | bittersweet | Celastrus scandens | climbing bittersweet | false bittersweet | staff vine | wax figure Related Terms | Find terms related to Waxwork: See Also | Celastrus | effigy | genus Celastrus | image | simulacrum | vine Waxwork In Webster's Dictionary \Wax"work`\, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub ({Celastrus scandens}).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds.
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