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waxy

modif.

slick, glistening, glassy; see slippery, smooth 1.

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5 (N.S.), cesses through which a waxy secretion is dis- Div.
It also combines with dry ammonia at 300-400° to form sodamide, NaNH 2, a white waxy mass when pure, which melts at 155°.
To the same family belongs the horned poppy, Glaucium luteum, found in sandy sea-shores and characterized by the waxy bloom of its leaves and large gcilden-yellow short-stalked flowers.
Pot-8-os: Waxy (D), Champion (D, L), Tyrant (D), Nightshade (0).
Other species the glands are confined to the lower portion of the cavity surface, while the upper part bear a smooth waxy secretion on which it is impossible, or at any rate extremely difficult, for insects to secure a foothold.

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