|  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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