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Significats de waxflower en anglès

espanyol
hoya carnosa

Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana.

hoya carnosa

Twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions.

Veure'n més

Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age.

Sinònims
Examples for "Indian pipe"
Examples for "Indian pipe"
1
At night he sat on his brother's porch smoking a long Indian pipe.
The Last Trail
2
There they are all together, an Indian pipe, Arabian coffee and American tobacco!
Topsy-Turvy Land: Arabia Pictured for Children
3
Wallace smoked his Indian pipe and hunted in firelit dreams.
The Last of the Plainsmen
4
He could tell where to look for the rare fringed gentian, the yellow violet, the Indian pipe.
A Village Stradivarius
5
I can smoke my own pipe in turn, but when the Indian pipe comes around, I am nonplused.
Canyons of the Colorado
1
Phryma, Monotropa uniflora, etc.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
Ús de waxflower en anglès
1
She was infinitely more than a well-modelled waxflower, and yet hardly a growing plant.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2
2
It was a bunch of waxflowers, under a glass dome.
The new yorker
Col·locacions frequents
Translations for waxflower
Waxflower a través del temps