NOUN | plant | Copernicia prunifera, carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia cerifera | Brazilian fan palm having an edible root |
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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, carnauba palm, wax palm, 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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