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candelilla

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: candelilla

1
 n
wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
2
 n
wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: candelilla
1

n wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States

Synonyms:
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Type of:
spurge
any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
2

n wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Synonyms:
Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis
Type of:
slipper plant, slipper spurge
any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
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