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Webster 1913 Edition


Carnauba


Car-nau′ba

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
The Brazilian wax palm. See
Wax palm
.

Definition 2024


carnauba

carnauba

See also: carnaúba

English

A carnauba

Noun

carnauba (plural carnaubas)

  1. A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera.
  2. (not countable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.

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