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Carnauba

Carnauba Meaning & Definition
Carnauba Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carnauba?

[n] Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
[n] hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carnauba: carnauba palm | Copernicia cerifera | Copernicia prunifera | wax palm

Related Terms | Find terms related to Carnauba:

See Also | carnauba | carnauba wax | Copernicia | fan palm | genus Copernicia | wax

Carnauba In Webster's Dictionary

\Car*nau"ba\, n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See {Wax palm}.

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