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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes;
[syn: carnauba wax, carnauba]

2. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;
[syn: carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carnauba \Car*nau"ba\, n. (Bot.)
   The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carnauba
    n 1: hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba
         palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes [syn:
         carnauba wax, carnauba]
    2: Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful
       leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax [syn: carnauba,
       carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera,
       Copernicia cerifera]