wood-wax

On the long and broad ridge of the eminence, there is no very decided elevation of any one point, nor other prominent marks, except the decayed stumps of two trees, standing near each other, and here and there the rocky substance of the hill, peeping just above the wood-wax.

Sketches and Studies Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 1852

This deceitful verdure was occasioned by a plentiful crop of “wood-wax,” which wears the same dark and glossy green throughout the summer, except at one short period, when it puts forth a profusion of yellow blossoms.

Sketches and Studies Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 1852

Not a word was spoken till I added that the wizard's grave was close beside us, and that the wood-wax had sprouted originally from his unhallowed bones.

Sketches and Studies Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 1852

On the long and broad ridge of the eminence, there is no very decided elevation of any one point, nor other prominent marks, except the decayed stumps of two trees, standing near each other, and here and there the rocky substance of the hill, peeping just above the wood-wax.

Sketches and Studies Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Not a word was spoken till I added that the wizard's grave was close beside us, and that the wood-wax had sprouted originally from his unhallowed bones.

Sketches and Studies Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

This deceitful verdure was occasioned by a plentiful crop of "wood-wax," which wears the same dark and glossy green throughout the summer, except at one short period, when it puts forth a profusion of yellow blossoms.

Sketches and Studies Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834