carnauba

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Definition of carnauba in English English dictionary: A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks; The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes; Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax; {i} type of wax; hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes; See Wax palm; The Brazilian wax palm
carnauba wax: A yellow-brown wax obtained from the leaves of the Brazilian carnauba palm (Copernicia prunifera); used in cosmetics, polishes etc
carnauba wax: Very hard wax obtained from fronds of the carnauba tree, Copernicia cerifera, a fan palm of Brazil. During the regular dry seasons in Brazil, where it is called the tree of life, the carnauba palm protects its fanlike fronds from loss of moisture by secreting a coat of carnauba wax. Carnauba has been used in high-gloss polishes, phonograph records, and explosives. Synthetics have replaced it for many applications
carnauba wax: hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

carnauba

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car·nau·ba

kärnôbı

/kärˈnôbə/ /kɑːrˈnɔːbə/

[ kär-'no-b&, -'nau-; " ] (noun.) 1866. Portuguese.

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