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Waxy may refer to: * a substance related to
wax Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C (104 °F), melting to give low ...
* colloquially for a
waxworm Waxworms are the caterpillar larvae of wax moths, which belong to the family Pyralidae (snout moths). Two closely related species are commercially bred – the lesser wax moth (''Achroia grisella'') and the greater wax moth (''Galleria me ...
(particularly used by anglers) *
Waxy (band) Waxy is an American stoner rock band from the Desert of Southern California (Palm Springs / Palm Desert / Indio), and is part of the Palm Desert Scene The Palm Desert Scene is a group of related bands and musicians from Palm Desert, Califor ...
, an American stoner rock band *
Waxy (horse) Waxy (1790 – 18 April 1818) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1793 Epsom Derby and was an influential sire in the late eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth century. Waxy was bred by Sir Ferdinando Poole and was foaled a ...
, a thoroughbred racehorse *
WAXY (AM) WAXY (790 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to South Miami, Florida, with a Spanish language conservative talk format. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northwest Second Avenue, and its tr ...
, a radio station (790 AM) licensed to serve South Miami, Florida, United States *
WSFS (FM) WSFS (104.3 FM, "104-3 The Shark") is a radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts an alternative rock format targeting Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. Its stud ...
, a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to serve Miramar, Florida, which held the call sign WAXY-FM from 2012 to 2015


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Waxy cap The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including ''Hygrophorus'' and ''Hygrocybe'' species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA evide ...
, a taxon of white-spored agarics *
Waxy corn Waxy may refer to: * a substance related to wax * colloquially for a waxworm (particularly used by anglers) * Waxy (band), an American stoner rock band * Waxy (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * WAXY (AM), a radio station (790 AM) licensed to serv ...
, a maize variety found in China in 1909 *
Waxy flexibility Waxy flexibility is a psychomotor symptom of catatonia as associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other mental disorders which leads to a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture. Attempts to repo ...
, a psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia *
Waxy monkey leaf frog ''Phyllomedusa sauvagii'', the waxy monkey leaf frog or waxy monkey tree frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. This species is arbor ...
, a frog species found in South and Central American *
Waxy potato starch Waxy potato starch is a variety of commercially available starch composed almost entirely of amylopectin molecules, extracted from new potato varieties. Standard starch extracted from traditional potato varieties contains both amylose and amylopec ...
, a new type of starch only containing amylopectin molecules *
Waxy skin Waxy skin is a cutaneous condition observed in roughly 50% of diabetic patients with longstanding disease. See also * Diabetic dermadromes * Limited joint mobility * Skin lesion A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any med ...
, a cutaneous condition observed in roughly 50% of diabetic patients with longstanding disease


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Cereus (disambiguation) Cereus, waxy in Latin, may refer to: * ''Cereus'' (anemone), a genus of sea anemones in the family Sagartiidae * ''Cereus'' (plant), a genus of cacti (the family Cactaceae) * Ceroid cactus, any of a number of cacti with very elongated bodies, ...
, Cerea (disambiguation), waxy in Latin {{Disambiguation, callsign