adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a waxy coating on the leaves
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A thin waxy slip of poison ivy was entwined around one of the legs.
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Around his leg, where the trouser had been torn, the first creeper curled, thin and waxy against his skin.
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By the time the white petals died and the mint-colored berry poked out, the leaf shine was gilded tight and waxy .
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Into it he crumbled a waxy plug of cocoa, stirred in ground bay leaf, salt, and sugar.
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It was the tallest tree, and June and July saw its waxy flowers bold as a candelabra.
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Pecorino Romano is the best variety of this cheese and has a white, waxy rind.
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This manifested itself partly in his waxy parchment-like complexion and a habit of sitting in an increasingly hunched posture.
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Water patterns bounce off polished chrome, the fibreglass shell is honed to a waxy sheen of pearl.