Definition of carnaubas Carnaubas

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carnaubas (Noun)
Plural of carnauba.

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carnaubas, noun, plural of carnauba.

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Noun Plural: carnaubas
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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carnauba (Noun)
A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks.
carnauba (Noun)
The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

carnauba (n.)
The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

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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