WAX PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wax palm mean? 

• WAX PALM (noun)
  The noun WAX PALM has 3 senses:

1. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

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

3. palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles

  Familiarity information: WAX PALM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAX PALM (noun)

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 ("wax palm" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Holonyms ("wax palm" is a member of...):

Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)

Sense 2

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 ("wax palm" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Meronyms (substance of "wax palm"):

carnauba; carnauba wax (hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes)

Holonyms ("wax palm" is a member of...):

Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceroxylon alpinum; Ceroxylon andicola; wax palm

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

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Holonyms ("wax palm" is a member of...):

Ceroxylon; genus Ceroxylon (wax palms)