WAX MYRTLE

Meaning of WAX MYRTLE in English

an aromatic shrub, Myrica cerifera, of the southeastern U.S., bearing small berries coated with wax that is sometimes used in making candles. Cf. bayberry .

[ 1800-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WAX MYRTLE — noun Date: 1806 any of a genus ( Myrica of the family Myricaceae, the wax-myrtle family) of trees or shrubs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAX MYRTLE — noun : any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Myrica ; especially : a shrub ( M. cerifera …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX MYRTLE — Date: 1806 : any of a genus ( Myrica of the family Myricaceae, the wax-myrtle family) of trees or shrubs …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAX MYRTLE — Function: noun Date: 1806 : any of a genus ( Myrica of the family Myricaceae, the wax-myrtle family) of trees …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WAX MYRTLE — ■ noun another term for bayberry .
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAX MYRTLE — [wax myrtle] n (1806): any of a genus (Myrica of the family Myricaceae, the wax-myrtle family) of trees or shrubs …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX-MYRTLE — n. Bayberry, candleberry-tree ( Myrica cerifera ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WAX-MYRTLE — бот. восковница (Myrica gen.) (ботаника) восковница (Myrica gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAX-MYRTLE — n бот. восковница ( Myrica gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAX-MYRTLE — бот. восковница (Myrica gen.)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAX MYRTLE — (n) восковница
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WAX-MYRTLE — n бот. восковница ( Myrica gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WAX-MYRTLE — n бот. восковница ( Myrica gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAX MYRTLE — восковник (Myrica); восковник восконосный (Myrica cerifera)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WAX MYRTLE — восковник ( Myrica ) ; восковник восконосный ( Myrica cerifera )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WAX-MYRTLE — бот. восковница (Myrica gen.) (ботаника) восковница (Myrica gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYRTLE — mirte
English interlingue dictionary
MYRTLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mirtille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin myrtus, from Greek myrtos …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAX — I Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Английский словарь Британика
MYRTLE — Any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus (family Myrtaceae). Authorities differ widely over the number of species included; …
Английский словарь Британика
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wax, wex, from Old English weax; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYRTLE — ˈmər]d. ə l, ˈmə̄], ]t ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mirtille, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX — (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer …
Английский словарь Webster
MYRTLE — (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or …
Английский словарь Webster
WAX — ( v. i. ) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MYRTLE — ( n. ) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX — wax 1 — waxable , adj. — waxlike , adj. /waks/ , n. 1. Also called beeswax . a solid, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYRTLE — /merr"tl/ , n. a female given name.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYRTLE — /merr"tl/ , n. 1. any plant of the genus Myrtus, esp. M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYRTLE — n. evergreen shrub with white or pink flowers and dark berries that is native to warm climates (i.e. the Mediterranean, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs wax, Lithuanian vaškas Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MYRTLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mirtille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin myrtus, from Greek myrtos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAX — noun cerumen, or earwax. 2. wax ·noun a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. 3. wax ·noun …
Webster English vocab
MYRTLE — noun a species of the genus myrtus, especially myrtus communis. the common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or …
Webster English vocab
MYRTLE — ■ noun 1》 an evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic foliage and white flowers followed by purple-black oval berries. [ Myrtus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAX — [wax] n [ME, fr. OE weax; akin to OHG wahs wax, Lith vaskas] (bef. 12c) 1: a substance that is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MYRTLE — [myr.tle] n, often attrib [ME mirtille, fr. MF, fr. ML myrtillus, fr. L myrtus, fr. Gk myrtos] (1562) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX — any of a class of pliable substances of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin that differ from fats in being …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYRTLE — any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus, belonging to the family Myrtaceae. Authorities differ widely over the number …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYRTLE — myrtle, M~ BrE AmE ˈmɜːt ə l AmE ˈmɝːt̬ ə l ▷ myrtle|s, \~'s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAX — / wæks; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a solid substance that is made from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MYRTLE — / ˈmɜːtl; NAmE ˈmɜːrtl/ noun [ U , C ] a bush with shiny leaves, pink or white flowers and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX — I. wax 1 /wæks/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weax ] 1 . a solid …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MYRTLE — myr ‧ tle /ˈmɜːtl $ ˈmɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: mirtille …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAX — n. & v. --n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MYRTLE — n. 1 an evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus with aromatic foliage and white flowers, esp. M. communis, bearing purple-black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAX — n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MYRTLE — n. 1 an evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus with aromatic foliage and white flowers, esp. M. communis, bearing purple-black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAX — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; …
Oxford English vocab
MYRTLE — n.1 an evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus with aromatic foliage and white flowers, esp. M. communis, bearing purple-black ovoid …
Oxford English vocab
WAX — ( waxes, waxing, waxed) 1. Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MYRTLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A myrtle warbler in a flowering maple tree repeatedly probed into the massed flowers. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MYRTLE — [noun] [C] - a small tree with shiny green leaves, pleasant-smelling white flowers and blue-black fruit
Cambridge English vocab
WAX — n. Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MYRTLE — n. Any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus (family Myrtaceae). Authorities differ widely over the number of species …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAX — Synonyms and related words : accrue, accumulate, advance, aluminum oxide, ambergris, anoint, antifriction, appreciate, augment, auto polish, balloon, bear fruit, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MYRTLE — Classification: Town Located in: Mississippi (MS) Total Population (2000): 407 Total Housing Units (2000): 183 Land Area (square meters): 1473116 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
MYRTLE — Classification: City Located in: Minnesota (MN) Total Population (2000): 63 Total Housing Units (2000): 36 Land Area (square meters): 269163 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
MYRTLE — n (sl) половой акт
Dirty English-Russian vocab
MYRTLE — a plant mentioned in (Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Zechariah 1:8,10,11) The modern Jews still adorn with myrtle the booths …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WAX — I 1. сущ. 1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный/минеральный со сходными свойствами) wax candle ≈ восковая свеча mineral …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYRTLE — сущ.; бот. мирт (ботаника) мирт (Myrtus gen.) myrtle бот. мирт
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAX — wax.ogg _I 1. wæks n 1. 1> (пчелиный) воск 2> минеральный воск, озокерит 3> парафин 2. ушная сера 3. мазь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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