candelilla wax
Noun
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A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs (synset 114815462)
is a type of: wax - any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in watersubstance meronym:
- candelilla, euphorbia antisyphilitica - wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
- candelilla, pedilanthus bracteatus, pedilanthus pavonis - wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
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