| n. | 1. | Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. |
| 2. | (Bot.) 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. |
| Noun | 1. | waxwork - twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
| 2. | waxwork - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax Synonyms: wax figure |
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