What is "carnauba"

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

n. 1 A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, (taxlink Copernicia prunifera species noshow=1). 2 (context not countable English) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes.

1. n. 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]