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CARNAUBA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
Synonyms:
carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carnauba" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "carnauba"):
carnauba; carnauba wax (hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes)
Holonyms ("carnauba" is a member of...):
Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
Synonyms:
carnauba; carnauba wax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("carnauba" is a kind of...):
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
Holonyms ("carnauba" is a substance of...):
carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm (Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax)
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