carnauba

See also: carnaúba

English

A carnauba

Etymology

From Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karanaiwa.

Noun

carnauba (countable and uncountable, plural carnaubas)

1. A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera.
2. (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.

Synonyms

• (wax): carnauba wax

Translations

palm

• French: carnauba (fr) f
• German: Carnaubapalme f
• Portuguese: carnaúba (pt) f
• Spanish: carnaúba f

wax

• Dutch: carnaubawas
• German: Carnaubawachs n
• Italian: cera di carnauba f
• Korean: 카르나우바납 (kareunaubanap)
• Polish: carnauba
• Portuguese: carnaúba (pt) f
• Spanish: cera de carnaúba f
• Swedish: karnaubavax

Further reading

• carnauba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Copernicia prunifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Copernicia prunifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons