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Definition of Carnauba palm
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 Carnauba Palm
Literary usage of Carnauba palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1888)
"We came now for the first time on the carnauba palm (Copernicia cerifera), ...
It is a saying in the province of Ceara, that where the carnauba palm abounds ..."
2. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1868)
"We came now for the first time on the carnauba palm (Copernicia cerifera), so
invaluable for its many useful properties. It furnishes an admirable timber, ..."
3. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"In the province of Rio Janeiro they have commenced planting the carnauba palm,
which has succeeded well. This is a useful attempt, because, ..."
4. The Empire of Brazil at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873 by Brazil (1873)
"... tree of such varied uses and so serviceable as the carnauba-palm. It resists
the most severe and longest droughts, keeping always green and flourishing. ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"... in cooking, in the manufacture of soap and for illuminating purposes.
Special Gases.—The carnauba palm (Copernicia cerifera, Mart. ..."
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