Definition of Caranda

1. Noun. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.

Exact synonyms: Caranda Palm, Caranday, Copernicia Alba, Copernicia Australis, Wax Palm
Generic synonyms: Fan Palm
Group relationships: Copernicia, Genus Copernicia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caranda

caramelization
caramelize
caramelized
caramelized sugar
caramelizes
caramelizing
caramellike
caramelly
caramels
caramiphen ethanedisulfonate
caramiphen hydrochloride
caramoussal
caramoussals
caramusa
carancha
caranda (current term)
caranda palm
caranday
carangid
carangid fish
carangids
carangoid
caranna
carannas
caranx
caranxes
carap
carapace
carapaced
carapacelike

Literary usage of Caranda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"The cemetery of caranda in France illustrated, in the variety and style of ... The excavation undertaken by MF Moreau on the plain of caranda had not been ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1902)
"Above the Fecho dos Morros the character of the vegetation changes; the caranda palms disappear; there is left only open grassland, with lines of bushes ..."

3. The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts by Archaeological Institute of America (1885)
"The seal-ring of caranda. On this silver ring, found in one of the Merovingian tombs of caranda (Aisne), the writer proposes to read the ..."

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