wax plant

/wæks plænt/
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Other forms: wax plants

Definitions of wax plant
  1. noun
    succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
    synonyms: Hoya carnosa
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    type of:
    hoya
    any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
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