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COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Copernicia prunifera mean?
• COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA (noun)
The noun COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA has 1 sense:
1. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
Familiarity information: COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm
Hypernyms ("Copernicia prunifera" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "Copernicia prunifera"):
carnauba; carnauba wax (hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes)
Holonyms ("Copernicia prunifera" is a member of...):
Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)
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