| NOUN | plant | carnauba, carnauba wax | hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes |
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| plant | carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera | Brazilian fan palm having an edible root |
| Sounds | kaarnao'bah | |
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| Rhymes | amoeba ... Yoruba: 29 rhymes with bah... | |
| Meaning | Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes. | |
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| Synonym | carnauba wax | |
| Broader | wax | Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin |
| Substance of | carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera | Brazilian fan palm having an edible root |
| Spanish | caranday, carnauba, cera de carnauba | |
| Catalan | carnauba, cera de carnauba, cera del Brasil, cera del carnaúba | |
| Meaning | Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax. | |
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| Synonyms | carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera | |
| Member of | Copernicia, genus Copernicia | Slow-growing tropical fan palms |
| Broader | fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves |
| Substances | carnauba wax, carnauba | Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes |
| Catalan | carnauba | |
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