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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jojoba /həˈhəʊbə, həʊ-/

▶noun

1 (also jojoba oil) an oil extracted from the seeds of a North American shrub, used in cosmetics.

2 the leathery-leaved evergreen shrub that produces jojoba seeds. [Simmondsia chinensis.]

– origin early 20th cent.: from Mex. Sp.

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