carnauba
See also: carnaúba
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese carnaúba, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Tupi karanaiwa.
Noun
carnauba (countable and uncountable, plural carnaubas)
- 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..
- (uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.
Synonyms
- (wax): carnauba wax
Translations
palm
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wax
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Further reading
- carnauba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Copernicia prunifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Template:commonslite