wax palm

English Thesaurus

1. palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	feather palm,
definition	:	palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon,
definition	:	wax palms (noun.plant)

2. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fan palm,
definition	:	palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	copernicia, genus copernicia,
definition	:	slow-growing tropical fan palms (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	carnauba, carnauba wax,
definition	:	hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes (noun.plant)

3. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fan palm,
definition	:	palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	copernicia, genus copernicia,
definition	:	slow-growing tropical fan palms (noun.plant)