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CARANDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caranda mean?
• CARANDA (noun)
The noun CARANDA has 1 sense:
1. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
Familiarity information: CARANDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
caranda; caranda palm; caranday; Copernicia alba; Copernicia australis; wax palm
Hypernyms ("caranda" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("caranda" is a member of...):
Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)
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