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Definition of Copernicia cerifera
1. Noun. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax.
Generic synonyms: Fan Palm
Group relationships: Copernicia, Genus Copernicia
Terms within: Carnauba, Carnauba Wax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copernicia Cerifera
Literary usage of Copernicia cerifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1894)
"Copernicia cerifera is one of the most useful trees h Brazil, ... Carnauba wax,
called also "Ceara" or "Brazil wax," from Copernicia cerifera. ..."
2. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"Carnauba wax is imported from Rio de Janiero, and forms a coating on the leaves
of a kind of palm-tree, Copernicia cerifera, or Corypha cerifera. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"The Copernicia cerifera, Mart. (Corypha cerifera, Arr.), has a stem 6 to 12 inches
in diameter, and attains a height of 30 to 100 feet. ..."
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