wax-palm
Nouns
- (n) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax caranda, caranda palm, caranday, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis,
- (n) Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax carnauba palm, Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, carnauba,
- (n) palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon andicola,