copernicia cerifera

What does copernicia cerifera mean?

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

What is another word for copernicia cerifera?

Close synonyms include carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera. 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 copernicia cerifera a common word?

copernicia cerifera 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for copernicia cerifera come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.