COPERNICIA AUSTRALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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