jojoban.

Brit.

/hə(ʊ)ˈhəʊbə/, U.S.

/hoʊˈhoʊbə/,

/həˈhoʊbə/

Forms: Formerly also jajoba, jojobe, jojove.

Etymology: < Spanish jojoba, < hohohwi, the name of the plant in a Central American Indian or North American Indian language.

Botany.

a. A desert shrub, Simmondsia chinensis (family Simmondsiaceae), native to northern Mexico and the south-western U.S., that is used for the oil it yields. Also, = jojoba oil n. at sense b below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > other oil-producing trees or shrubs

mahua1610

kanari1779

oiticica1857

kurung1866

jojoba1900

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins

aloesOE

elemi1543

agila1555

copal1577

lycium1597

aloe wood1599

lignum vitae1611

caraña1616

sticklac1659

guaiacum1663

copaiba1712

copahu1736

hackiac1790

guaiac1811

agar1813

ulmin1817

acouchi1818

helleborin1840

piney resin1851

gurjun1858

icican1865

sumbul balsam1868

amyrin1876

jojoba oil1975

jojoba1989

1900 E. J. Wickson California Fruits (ed. 3) 43 The ‘jajoba’ (Simmondsia californica) is a low shrub, the fresh fruits of which..are eaten like almonds.

1933 Bot. Gaz. 94 826 Simmondsia californica, commonly known in the southwest as ‘jojobe’ or ‘jojove’, is an evergreen shrub.

1958 Econ. Bot. 12 261 Jojoba, the gray box bush, is a drought-resistant, long-lived, evergreen, desert shrub bearing fruit like an acorn set in sepals.

1983 Houston Chron. 21 Aug. i. 19/5 The August harvest of jojoba looks good so far, raising the spirits of manufacturers of just about everything from food to floor wax.

1989 Times 31 Aug. 25/6 Jojoba is hardly absorbed in the gut—an attractive feature if you are trying to make low-calorie foods.

1989 Sunday Tel. 10 Dec. 43/4 Brown paper wrapped grapefruit and jojoba soap, £2.25.

b. jojoba oil n. oil extracted from the fruit of the jojoba, used in cosmetics and as a substitute for sperm oil.

ΘΚΠ