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greenwax

greenwax is the alternative form of green wax.

Meaning of green wax

Noun

green wax (plural green waxes)

  1. (historical, obsolete) An estreat from the Exchequer, delivered to a sheriff, sealed upon green wax, in 15th-century England.

Forms of greenwax

pluralgreenwaxes

Questions about greenwax

What is greenwax the alternative form of?
Greenwax is the alternative form of green wax.

Words near greenwax in the dictionary

  1. greenwashes
  2. greenwashing
  3. greenwashings
  4. greenwater
  5. Greenwater Village
  6. greenwax
  7. greenwaxes
  8. greenway
  9. greenways
  10. greenweed
  11. greenweeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenwax (page history and authors); green wax (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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