VEGETABLE WAX Definition & Meaning

vegetable wax

noun

a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.

vegetable wax

noun

any of various waxes that occur on parts of certain plants, esp the trunks of certain palms, and prevent loss of water from the plant

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Origin of vegetable wax¹

First recorded in 1805–15

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The other vegetable waxes mentioned are relatively clean.

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So Freeman has added a blend of other vegetable waxes to soy to come up with the recipe for her candles.

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Pace, based in Wapato, makes food coatings such as vegetable waxes which are used to protect fruit and vegetables for their farm to table journey.

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The principal products of this class are india-rubber, mat�, Brazil nuts, vegetable wax, palm fibre, cabinet woods, and medicinal leaves, roots, resins, &c.

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It is a tall slender palm, and is the source of the vegetable wax so largely used in some parts of the country in the manufacture of matches, a single stem sometimes yielding 16-20 ℔.

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