OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 60393

candelilla

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candelilla
A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.
Have you ever chewed candelilla gum? Or traveled on a guayule tire? No, candelilla and guayule are not brand names for new products. They are plants that grow in the Chihuahuan Des…
The ranch-owners were much surprised when they were informed that the candelilla plant, known to science as Euphorbia cerifera, instead of being useless, was of considerable value,…
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