Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A palm tree (Copernicia prunifera) of Brazil, having fan-shaped waxy leaves.
- noun A hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant, used in polishes, cosmetics, and as a food additive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Brazilian name of the palm Copernicia cerifera.
- noun The wax obtained from this palm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See
wax palm .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Brazilian palm tree havingwaxy ,fan -shapedleaves andtoothed leafstalks . - noun not countable The
hard wax obtained from the leaves of thisplant and used especially inpolishes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- noun hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because it is produced from liquid, unsaturated oil, which is more readily and cheaply purified than a solid such as carnauba, hydrogenated jojoba wax can be made exceptionally pure.
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Use carnauba-based furniture wax to polish the handle to a soft sheen.
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After his research established that sunburn was damaging 10% of the state's apple crop, Schrader developed Raynox, a carnauba-wax-based apple sunburn protectant.
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For people who may not like the fact that Vaseline is a mineral oil extract, there are other extracts that work just as effectively at keeping lips soft and nourished, such as jojoba seed oil, mango seed butter, carnauba wax, and cranberry seed oil.
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“I thought it was time for a reality check – there is simply no need for a premium carnauba wax to cost much more than £30 given the cost of the raw ingredients.”
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“The most expensive carnauba waxes can cost up to £7000,” explained Dom Colbeck, the creator of Dodo Juice.
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They go a bit limp and the grease coagulates just enough to coat your tongue with that carnauba waxiness.
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Best known these days for the likes of Windex window cleaner and Raid insecticide, closely held Johnson Wax was founded as a parquetry maker 123 years ago and then took up manufacturing carnauba-wax products to protect its relatively delicate flooring.
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Then, hot-wax with natural tropical carnauba and buff to a brilliant shine.
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Dodo Juice, a new carnauba car wax, is launching today with a promise to offer consumers superwax performance at a high street price.
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