Carnauba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carnauba \Car*nau"ba\, n. (Bot.)
     The Brazilian wax palm. See {Wax palm}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  carnauba
       n 1: hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba
            palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes [syn: {carnauba
            wax}]
       2: Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful
          leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax [syn: {carnauba
          palm}, {wax palm}, {Copernicia prunifera}, {Copernicia
          cerifera}]