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candelilla

English

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A specimen of candelilla

Etymology

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From Spanish candelilla.

Noun

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candelilla (plural candelillas)

  1. A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.
    Synonym: wax plant
    • 1918, Ralph H. Butz, “Wealth From Weeds - A New Industry In The Southwest”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume LXII, page 241:
      The ranch-owners were much surprised when they were informed that the candelilla plant, known to science as Euphorbia cerifera, instead of being useless, was of considerable value, because experiments had proved that it contained crude wax, for which there is much demand.
    • 2013 September 15, Delena Tull, “Rubber, Wax, Oil, and Soap”, in Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 74:
      Have you ever chewed candelilla gum? Or traveled on a guayule tire? No, candelilla and guayule are not brand names for new products. They are plants that grow in the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish candelilla.

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Noun

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candelilla f (uncountable)

  1. candelilla wax
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Spanish

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candelilla f (plural candelillas)

  1. candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica)

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