| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| woodwaxen |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wood·wax·en |
| PRONUNCIATION: | w d w k s n |
| NOUN: | See dyer's greenweed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English wodewaxen, from Old English wuduweaxe : wudu, wood + weaxan, to grow; see wax2.
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