noun
1. wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
• Syn: ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑Pedilanthus pavonis
• Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant
• Substance Meronyms: ↑candelilla wax
2. wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
• Syn: ↑Euphorbia antisyphilitica
• Hypernyms: ↑spurge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia
• Substance Meronyms: ↑candelilla wax
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\\ˌkandəˈlē(y)ə, attrib | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, little candle, diminutive of candela candle, from Latin — more at candle
1. : a wax-coated shrub (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
2.
a. : any of several Mexican euphorbias
b. : a related plant (Pedilanthus pavonis)
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/kan'dl ee"euh/, n.
a shrub, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, that is the source of a wax (candelilla wax) having various commercial uses.
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candelilla /kän-dā-lēˈlyə/
noun
A Mexican wax-yielding spurge
ORIGIN: Sp, dimin of candela candle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.