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FIG WAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fig wax mean? 

FIG WAX (noun)
  The noun FIG WAX has 1 sense:

1. a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig treeplay

  Familiarity information: FIG WAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIG WAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fig wax; gondang wax

Hypernyms ("fig wax" is a kind of...):

wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)


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