white wax tree

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   erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet

   SynonymsChinese privetLigustrum lucidum

   Broaderprivet

Questions about white wax tree

What does white wax tree mean?

white wax tree means "erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet".

What is another word for white wax tree?

Close synonyms include Chinese privet, Ligustrum lucidum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white wax tree a common word?

white wax tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.