Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shrubby spurge (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) chiefly of western Texas and Mexico, having densely clustered, erect, essentially leafless stems that yield a multipurpose wax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
- noun wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For vegans, candelilla wax is the preferred alternative since it is derived from a plant.
Lipstick making - ingredients & melting Anne-Marie 2008
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Look for mascaras with hard-working ingredients like my Long Black Mascara which boasts candelilla wax, beeswax and allantoin to keep lashes in top-notch form.
Napoleon Perdis: New Year, New You: 5 Easy Beauty Resolutions for 2011 Napoleon Perdis 2010
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Wax - Waxes can be beeswax, candelilla wax, jasmine wax, orange wax and ozokerite wax.
Lipstick making - ingredients & melting Anne-Marie 2008
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Look for mascaras with hard-working ingredients like my Long Black Mascara which boasts candelilla wax, beeswax and allantoin to keep lashes in top-notch form.
Napoleon Perdis: New Year, New You: 5 Easy Beauty Resolutions for 2011 Napoleon Perdis 2010
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Another distinctive plant is candelilla, or wax plant.
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In areas with shallow soils of good drainage, a scrub dominated by candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), Agave lechuguilla, Acacia glandulifera and Mimosa zygophylla develops.
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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The stone walls of Ocotillo, a Southwestern fine-dining restaurant, are the originals built by Rex Ivey, an early settler of Lajitas and a farmer and trader in candelilla wax, a product of the local, spiky-leafed plant that dots the surrounding desert.
Texas Hideout 2006
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Once jojoba wax is available in commercial quantities on a regular basis, it may be able to seize a sizable part of the wax market, but only if it can be produced at prices comparable to those of waxes such as beeswax, carnauba, and candelilla.
6 Markets 1985
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Part I I l: A survey of candelilla and candelilla wax.
Chapter 5 1953
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HODGE, W.H. and SINEATH, H.H. (1956) The Mexican candelilla plant and its wax.
Chapter 5 1953
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