Found 2 items, similar to Waxwork.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: waxwork
waxwork
n 1: twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow
capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [syn:
bittersweet,
American bittersweet
,
climbing bittersweet,
false bittersweet,
staff vine,
Celastrus scandens]
2: an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax [syn:
wax figure
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Waxwork
Waxwork
\Wax"work`\, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]