Candelilla

Quick meaning: Candelilla is a noun meaning A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.

Meaning

A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• candelillas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waxflower, waxplant, candlenut, candlewood, waxmyrtle, pela.

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