0 slightly shiny; looking like wax
1 having the appearance of or feeling like wax:
He had a waxy complexion and looked ill.
As the waxy coverings of the specimens are all damaged and the female immature, it u impossible to determine the species.
The waxy layer of the vitelline membrane was then removed by sequential treatment with isopropanol and hexane.
The patients may also demonstrate a waxy flexibility.
Both waxy secretions and dorsal spines cannot be produced without some physiological cost, a cost that is likely offset by some adaptive function.
Dislodgement of eggs from field pea may be largely due to the waxy nature of the leaves.
The seeds were removed and, after the waxy aril was peeled off, were briefly surfacesterilized in 1% sodium hypochlorite.
This isolate was observed to possess a thick waxy coating when observed under an optical microscope.
These loci have been termed waxy.
