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Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

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  1. n. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
  2. n. An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
  3. n. twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
  4. n. an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
  5. 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. 2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
  6. An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears aprofusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, anddisplay the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
  7. n:100 n. an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax