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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 shrubs
Familiarity information: CANDELILLA WAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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