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COPERNICIA CERIFERA
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I. (noun)
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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 ("Copernicia cerifera" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "Copernicia cerifera"):
carnauba; carnauba wax (hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes)
Holonyms ("Copernicia cerifera" is a member of...):
Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)
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