candelilla

Noun
  1. Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica (synset 112949067)
    is a type of: slipper plant, slipper spurge - any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
    substance holonym: candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
    same as: pedilanthus bracteatus, pedilanthus pavonis
  2. Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States (synset 112941886)
    is a type of: spurge - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
    belongs to: euphorbia, genus euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
    substance holonym: candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
    same as: euphorbia antisyphilitica

Found on Word Lists

Other Searches