| NOUN | plant | candelilla, Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis | wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica |
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| plant | candelilla, Euphorbia antisyphilitica | wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States |
| Meaning | Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica. | |
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| Synonyms | Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis | |
| Broader | slipper spurge, slipper plant | Any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts |
| Substances | candelilla wax | A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating / coating on candelilla / candelilla shrubs |
| Spanish | candelilla, pedilanthus bracteatus, pedilanthus pavonis | |
| Meaning | Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States. | |
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| Synonym | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | |
| Member of | Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia | type genus of the Euphorbiaceae |
| Broader | spurge | Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia |
| Substances | candelilla wax | A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating / coating on candelilla / candelilla shrubs |
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