waxwork

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
waxwork
    n 1: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules
         enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: {bittersweet}, {American
         bittersweet}, {climbing bittersweet}, {false bittersweet},
         {staff vine}, {waxwork}, {shrubby bittersweet}, {Celastrus
         scandens}]
    2: an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax [syn:
       {waxwork}, {wax figure}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Waxwork \Wax"work`\, n.
   1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
      or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "waxwork":
      bust, carving, doll, dolly, dummy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead,
      figurine, gingerbread man, lay figure, man of straw, manikin,
      mannequin, marionette, model, monument, portrait bust, puppet,
      scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, statuary, statue, statuette,
      wax figure, wood carving
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