carnauba
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A hard yellow wax made from palm leaves used in polishes, food, and cosmetics
- noun
- /kɑrˈnɔːbə/
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carnauba
- Carnauba is often used in high-quality carnauba waxes to give a brilliant shine.
- carnauba wax
Examples
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Didn't it mean anything to you? ... buffing my buns with carnauba wax?
Fiction book (1993) -
Many cosmetics, such as lip balms, include carnauba wax for its moisturizing properties.
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Ladies, we got some carnauba residue.
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Carnauba wax.
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The floor was polished with carnauba wax, giving it a glossy finish.
Synonyms
carnauba wax
vscarnauba
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A hard yellowish wax from a palm used to make surfaces shiny and protect them
is the same meaning but uses a shorter, more compact name
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carnauba comes from the Brazilian Portuguese name carnaúba, which itself comes from a native Tupi word for a type of palm. So carnauba now means the hard, yellowish 'wax' that comes from that palm's leaves and is used for polishes and food coatings.