Definition of carnauba Carnauba
/kɑɹnɔˈbʌ/ - [karnobu] - car•nau•ba
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What does carnauba mean?
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NounPlural: carnaubas |
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| carnauba - Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax | ||
| carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera | ||
| fan palm palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves | ||
| copernicia, genus copernicia slow-growing tropical fan palms | ||
| carnauba - hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes | ||
| carnauba wax | ||
| wax any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carnauba (n.)
The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carnauba
kär-nä-ōō′ba, n. a Brazilian palm yielding a yellowish wax: the wax—also Brazilian wax. [Braz.]
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🔤- carnauba, noun, singular of carnaubas.
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