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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carnauba \Car*nau"ba\, n. (Bot.)
The Brazilian wax palm. See {Wax palm}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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