1. An imitation flower made of wax.
1843. A. McLaren, in E. T. McLaren, Mem. (1911), 26. Mary, the wax flowers arrived in safety.
1844. Mintorn (title), The Hand-book for modelling Wax Flowers.
1858. Geo. Eliot, Scenes Cler. Life, Janet’s Repent., iii. Wax-flowers presuppose delicate fingers and robust patience.
Comb. 1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Wax-flower maker.
2. A name given to certain plants: a. the genus Hoya, esp. H. carnosa; b. Clusia insignis of British Guiana (Ogilvie, 1883); c. Stephanotis floribunda (Cent. Dict.).
1848. Schomburgk, Hist. Barbados, 5611. Hoya carnosa…. Fleshy-leaved Hoya. Wax Flower.
1884. W. Miller, Plant-n., I. 144. Wax-flower. The genus Hoya.
