jojoba

noun

• 1 (also jojoba oil) [mass noun] an oil extracted from the seeds of an American shrub, widely used in cosmetics.

• 2the leathery-leaved evergreen shrub or small tree that produces the seeds from which jojoba is obtained, native to south-western North America.

  • Simmondsia chinensis, the only member of the family Simmondsiaceae