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CANDELILLA WAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candelilla wax mean? 

CANDELILLA WAX (noun)
  The noun CANDELILLA WAX has 1 sense:

1. a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubsplay

  Familiarity information: CANDELILLA WAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANDELILLA WAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("candelilla wax" is a kind of...):

wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)

Holonyms ("candelilla wax" is a substance of...):

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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