carnauba palm

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   Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax

   Synonymscarnaubawax palmCopernicia pruniferaCopernicia cerifera

   Broaderfan palm

   Part ofCopernicia

Questions about carnauba palm

What does carnauba palm mean?

carnauba palm means "Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax".

What is another word for carnauba palm?

Close synonyms include carnauba, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carnauba palm a common word?

carnauba palm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.