carnauba
1. hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes • Syn: carnauba wax • Hypernyms: wax • Substance Holonyms: carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera 2. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax • Syn: carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera • Hypernyms: fan palm • Member Holonyms: Copernicia, genus Copernicia • Substance Meronyms: carnauba wax
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