carnauba wax

carnauba wax
noun
hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
Syn: ↑carnauba
Hypernyms: ↑wax
Substance Holonyms: ↑carnauba, ↑carnauba palm, ↑wax palm, ↑Copernicia prunifera, ↑Copernicia cerifera

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noun
: a yellowish to dark-brownish gray hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the surface of leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly in polishes (as for floors, furniture, and shoes), in coatings for paper (as carbon paper), in phonograph records, and in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations

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carnauba wax,
a wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba, used as a polish and in plastics and lubricants.

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  • carnauba wax — noun Date: 1854 a hard brittle high melting wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly in polishes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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