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Candelilla wax

Scope note

A brown vegetable wax obtained from a weed native to Texas and Mexico used to impart hardness to mixtures of wax and other compounds. MAYER

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300014608

Broader Terms used

vegetable wax

Term used for

wax, candelilla

Created

12yrs ago

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