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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun either of two Mexican shrubs
Pedilanthus bracteatus orPedilanthus pavonis . - noun a wax-coated shrub (
Euphorbia antisyphilitica ) of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.
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A number of different materials are used, including natural beeswax and carnauba, candellila, and rice-bran waxes and vegetable oils, and such petrochemical by-products as paraffin, polyethylene waxes, and mineral oil.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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A number of different materials are used, including natural beeswax and carnauba, candellila, and rice-bran waxes and vegetable oils, and such petrochemical by-products as paraffin, polyethylene waxes, and mineral oil.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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