- wax scale
- noun
2. : one of the small flakes of wax secreted in a wax pocket of a honeybee
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
wax scale
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oak wax scale. — See under pit scale. Also called oak scale … Useful english dictionary
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white wax scale — noun : a scale (Ceroplastes destructor) that is a pest on citrus in parts of Australia … Useful english dictionary
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 cloth — 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
