noun
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
• Syn: ↑caranda, ↑caranda palm, ↑wax palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba
• Hypernyms: ↑fan palm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Copernicia, ↑genus Copernicia
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\\|karən|dī\ noun (-s)Etymology: American Spanish, from Guarani
: carnauba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.