Candelilla (Noun)
Meaning 1
Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Candelilla is a type of wax-coated shrub that grows in the arid regions of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.
- The leaves of the candelilla plant are covered in a thick, waxy coating that helps to prevent water loss in its dry desert habitat.
- Candelilla wax is obtained from the leaves and stems of the candelilla shrub, and is often used in the production of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
- The candelilla plant has been used for centuries by indigenous peoples in northern Mexico and southwestern United States to create candles, hence its name.
- In some parts of its range, candelilla is considered an invasive species, outcompeting native vegetation for water and nutrients.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Candelilla wax, obtained from the stems of the candelilla shrub, has been used as a binder and additive in varnishes, coatings, and pharmaceutical products for many years.
- Candelilla grows on well-drained, gravelly hills and can tolerate very little moisture, so is generally limited to semi-arid or arid areas of the northern Mexico deserts.
- To cultivate candelilla plants effectively requires more study, in areas that possess great botanical variety of shrub candelilla communities that occupy slopes in southern areas.
- Several researchers agree that cultivation is also useful as part of restoration processes and revegetation after abandonment in plots dedicated to intensive monoculture with jatropha.
- Growing to only around a metre high and not found easily growing elsewhere as cultivated product are primarily areas northern side high density hilly area in Chihuahua Sierra high mountains and several other northern parts.