Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a South American palm (
Copernicia australis orCopernicia alba ) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
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Then for miles we rode through a beautiful open forest of tall, slender caranda palms, with other trees scattered among them.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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