carnauba

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See also: carnaúba

English

A carnauba

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese carnaúba, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Tupi karanaiwa.

Noun

carnauba (countable and uncountable, plural carnaubas)

  1. A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
  2. (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.

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