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Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower
Answer for the clue "Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower ", 9 letters:
waxflower
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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.
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 ...
Usage examples of waxflower.
Barsarbe asked impatiently, carefully turning over leaves of the waxflower shrub to dry before the fire.
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