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wax plant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
wax -plant
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants.

noun

Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants.

noun

The candelilla, a plant of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica, native to Texas and northern Mexico.

Etymology

From wax + plant.

Inflected Forms

wax plants (plural) waxplant (alternative)

Synonyms

honey plant waxflower porcelainflower hoya carnosa

Questions

What does wax plant mean?
Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants.
Where does wax plant come from?
From wax + plant.

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