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