Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun candelilla

2 senses of candelilla

Sense 1
candelilla, Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis -- (wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica)
       => slipper spurge, slipper plant -- (any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts)

Sense 2
candelilla, Euphorbia antisyphilitica -- (wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States)
       => spurge -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)