HyperDic: waxwork

English > 2 senses of the word waxwork:
NOUNplantwaxwork, bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandenstwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
artifactwaxwork, wax figurean effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
English > waxwork: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.
Synonymsbittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
Member ofCelastrus, genus CelastrusGenus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
English > waxwork: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact
MeaningAn effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax.
Synonymwax figure
Broadereffigy, image, simulacrumA representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
Spanishfigura de cera
Catalanfigura de cera

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