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Definition of Euphorbia antisyphilitica

1. Noun. Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Antisyphilitica

Literary usage of Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"... wax is obtained from a small Mexican spurge (Euphorbia antisyphilitica). A thin coat of wax occurs upon the leaves and stems of this plant. ..."

2. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"... wax is obtained from a small Mexican spurge (Euphorbia antisyphilitica). A thin coat of wax occurs upon the leaves and stems of this plant. ..."

3. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"According to competent botanical authorities it is in all probability euphorbia antisyphilitica. The plant (which is reported to be abundant over large ..."

4. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"... candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), with rigid vertical wax-covered leafless stems ; the green thorny leafless junco ..."

5. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey by Timothy Abbott Conrad, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, George Englemann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, John Torrey, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, Charles Frédéric Girard, United States Dept. of the Interior (1858)
"A straggling bush, about 3 feet high, abounding in a milky juice. Nuttall found it at Santa Barbara. Euphorbia antisyphilitica ..."

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