1. Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
   "Candelilla wax is harvested from the desert shrub for use in cosmetics";
   - Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis
    
2. Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
   "Candelilla wax is harvested from the desert plant for use in cosmetics";
   - Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Derived forms: candelillas

Type of: slipper plant, slipper spurge, spurge

Part of: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia

Encyclopedia: Candelilla