wax plant

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wax plant

n.
See hoya.
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wax′ plant`

or wax′plant`,


n.
any of several tropical climbing or trailing plants of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, with umbels of pale waxy flowers.
[1795–1805]
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Noun1.wax plant - succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowerswax plant - succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
Hoya carnosa
hoya - any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
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