1. Noun
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. Noun
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.
3. Noun
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
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