CARNAUBA WAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carnauba wax mean? 

• CARNAUBA WAX (noun)
  The noun CARNAUBA WAX has 1 sense:

1. hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

  Familiarity information: CARNAUBA WAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARNAUBA WAX (noun)

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Meaning:

Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carnauba; carnauba wax

Hypernyms ("carnauba wax" is a kind of...):

wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)

Holonyms ("carnauba wax" is a substance of...):

carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm (Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax)