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Turns black with age
Answer for the clue "Turns black with age ", 9 letters:
waxflower
Alternative clues for the word waxflower
- Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
- Widely cultivated in warm regions
- Twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems
- Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower
Word definitions for waxflower in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions [syn: Madagascar jasmine , Stephanotis floribunda ] epiphytic clusia of British ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) Any plant of the genus ''Hoya''. 2 (context botany English) (taxlink Hoya carnosa species noshow=1), the waxplant.
Usage examples of waxflower.
Barsarbe asked impatiently, carefully turning over leaves of the waxflower shrub to dry before the fire.
Power of attention, power of industry, promptitude in beginning work, method and accuracy and despatch in doing it, perseverance, courage before difficulties, cheer, self-control and self-denial, they are worth more than Latin and Greek and French and German and music and art and painting and waxflowers and travels in Europe added together.