Wax palm

Noun Wax palm has 3 senses

• wax palm(n = noun.plant) caranda, caranda palm, caranday, copernicia alba, copernicia australis - South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax;
is a kind of fan palm
is a member of copernicia, genus copernicia

• wax palm(n = noun.plant) carnauba, carnauba palm, copernicia cerifera, copernicia prunifera - Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax;
is a kind of fan palm
is a member of copernicia, genus copernicia

• wax palm(n = noun.plant) ceroxylon alpinum, ceroxylon andicola - palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles;
is a kind of feather palm
is a member of ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon