Meaning

5 senses

  1. Any plant of genus Ceroxylon

  2. Any plant of genus Ceroxylon

    Especially, Ceroxylon quindiuense

  3. Copernicia alba (caranday palm)

  4. Copernicia prunifera (carnauba wax palm)

    South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

  5. Cyrtostachys renda (red candle-wax palm)

Forms

plural: wax palms
Singularwax palm
Pluralwax palms

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles:Ceroxylon andicolaCeroxylon alpinum
  • Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax:carnaubacarnauba palmCopernicia pruniferaCopernicia cerifera
  • South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax:carandaycarandacaranda palmCopernicia australisCopernicia alba

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wavywaxB1wayA1

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