candelilla

Other forms: candelillas

Definitions of candelilla
  1. noun
    wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
    synonyms: Euphorbia antisyphilitica
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    type of:
    spurge
    any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
  2. noun
    wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
    synonyms: Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis
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    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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