wax-myrtle family

wax-myrtle family
noun
constituting the order Myricales
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Myricales, ↑order Myricales
Member Meronyms: ↑Myrica, ↑genus Myrica, ↑Comptonia, ↑genus Comptonia

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  • Wax flower — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wax insect — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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