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COPERNICIA AUSTRALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
Synonyms:
caranda; caranda palm; caranday; Copernicia alba; Copernicia australis; wax palm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Copernicia australis" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("Copernicia australis" is a member of...):
Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)