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COPERNICIA CERIFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Copernicia cerifera mean? 

COPERNICIA CERIFERA (noun)
  The noun COPERNICIA CERIFERA has 1 sense:

1. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish waxplay

  Familiarity information: COPERNICIA CERIFERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPERNICIA CERIFERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carnauba; carnauba palm; Copernicia cerifera; Copernicia prunifera; wax palm

Hypernyms ("Copernicia cerifera" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Meronyms (substance of "Copernicia cerifera"):

carnauba; carnauba wax (hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes)

Holonyms ("Copernicia cerifera" is a member of...):

Copernicia; genus Copernicia (slow-growing tropical fan palms)


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