candelilla

English

A specimen of candelilla

Etymology

From Spanish candelilla.

Noun

candelilla (plural candelillas)

1. A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.

   Synonym: wax plant

   • 1918, Ralph H. Butz, “Wealth From Weeds - A New Industry In The Southwest”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume LXII, page 241:

     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, because experiments had proved that it contained crude wax, for which there is much demand.

   • 2013 September 15, Delena Tull, “Rubber, Wax, Oil, and Soap”, in Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 74:

     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 Desert.

Hypernyms

• spurge, euphorbia, malvid, fabid, rosid, eudicot, angiosperm, tracheophyte, plant

Translations

Euphorbia antisyphilitica

• Spanish: candelilla
• Translingual: Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Euphorbia cerifera

References

• candelilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euphorbia antisyphilitica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Euphorbia antisyphilitica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish candelilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kən.dəˈli.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kan.deˈli.ʎa]

Noun

candelilla f (uncountable)

1. candelilla wax

Related terms

• candela

Further reading

• “candelilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Noun

candelilla f (plural candelillas)

1. candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica)

Further reading

• “candelilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16