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Definition: Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.[Wordnet].

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Extended Definition: Euphorbia antisyphilitica


Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Euphorbiinae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. antisyphilitica
Binomial name
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Zucc.

Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) is a shrubby spurge native to southwest Texas and Mexico, having densely clustered, erect, essentially leafless stems that yield the multipurpose Candelilla wax. They are thus also called "wax plant" on occasion, but this name is usually taken to refer to the unrelated genus Hoya.

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