wax·work /-ˌwɝk/
蠟像
Wax·work n.
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.
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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]