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CARANDAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caranday mean? 

CARANDAY (noun)
  The noun CARANDAY has 1 sense:

1. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba waxplay

  Familiarity information: CARANDAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARANDAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caranda; caranda palm; caranday; Copernicia alba; Copernicia australis; wax palm

Hypernyms ("caranday" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("caranday" is a member of...):

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


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