CANDELILLA
Dictionary entry overview: What does candelilla mean?
• CANDELILLA (noun)
The noun CANDELILLA has 2 senses:
1. wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
2. wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
Familiarity information: CANDELILLA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CANDELILLA (noun)
Meaning:
Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
candelilla; Pedilanthus bracteatus; Pedilanthus pavonis
Hypernyms ("candelilla" is a kind of...):
slipper plant; slipper spurge (any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts)
Meronyms (substance of "candelilla"):
candelilla wax (a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs)
Meaning:
Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Euphorbia antisyphilitica; candelilla
Hypernyms ("candelilla" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Meronyms (substance of "candelilla"):
candelilla wax (a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs)
Holonyms ("candelilla" is a member of...):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)
