Euphorbia antisyphilitica

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Euphorbia antisyphilitica
    n 1: wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United
         States [syn: {candelilla}, {Euphorbia antisyphilitica}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

candellila \candellila\ n.
   1. either of two Mexican shrubs {Pedilanthus bracteatus} or
      {Pedilanthus pavonis}.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a wax-coated shrub ({Euphorbia antisyphilitica}) of
      northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.
      [WordNet 1.5]