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wax doll

wax doll noun: the common fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.

Noun

wax doll (plural wax dolls)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The common fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.
    • The flowers are smaller than those of the species last described; they are rose-coloured, and tipped with purple; and children, in many parts of Kent, call them wax dolls.1855, Anne Pratt, The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain

Forms of wax doll

pluralwax dolls

Questions about wax doll

What does wax doll mean?
Wax doll means the common fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.
What part of speech is wax doll?
Wax doll is a noun.
What is the plural of wax doll?
The plural of wax doll is wax dolls.

Words near wax doll in the dictionary

  1. wax beans
  2. wax cap
  3. wax comb
  4. wax combs
  5. wax currant
  6. wax doll
  7. wax dolls
  8. wax down
  9. wax end
  10. wax ends
  11. wax flower

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