jojoba
Jojoba leaves and fruit
Meaning
Noun
- A shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, Simmondsia chinensis (species): the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
Related
Similar words
- goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, gray box bush
Origin
- Borrowed from Spanish jojoba, from O'odham hohowi.
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