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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Brazilian Portuguese carnaúba, from Tupi karana?í?a, from karaná, a palm (perhaps Mauritia carana or M. flexuosa) + ??a stem, plant, tree Date: 1866 a fan-leaved palm (Copernicia prunifera syn. C. cerifera) of Brazil that has an edible root and yields a useful leaf fiber and carnauba wax

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a fan palm, Copernicia cerifera, native to NE Brazil. 2 (in full carnauba wax) the yellowish leaf-wax of this tree used as a polish etc. Etymology: Port.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Carnauba Car*nau"ba, n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.