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]