CARNAUBA

Meaning of CARNAUBA in English

[ kα:'nɔ:bə , -'naʊbə ]

■ noun

1》 a NE Brazilian fan palm, the leaves of which exude a yellowish wax. [ Copernicia cerifera .]

2》 wax from the ~ palm.

Origin

C19: from Port., from Tupi.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CARNAUBA — noun Etymology: Brazilian Portuguese carnaúba, from Tupi karanaʔíβa, from karaná, a palm (perhaps Mauritia carana or M. flexuosa) + ɨβa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARNAUBA — kärˈnȯbə, ˌkärnəˈübə also kärˈnübə or -ˈnau̇bə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese 1. : a fan palm ( Copernicia cerifera …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARNAUBA — (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
Английский словарь Webster
CARNAUBA — ( n. ) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CARNAUBA — /kahr now"beuh, -naw"-, -nooh"-/ , n. 1. a palm, Copernicia prunifera, of Brazil, having palmate leaves covered with wax. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARNAUBA — n. type of wax
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CARNAUBA — noun Etymology: Brazilian Portuguese carnaúba, from Tupi karanaʔíβa, from karaná, a palm (perhaps Mauritia carana or M. flexuosa ) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARNAUBA — noun the brazilian wax palm. ·see wax palm.
Webster English vocab
CARNAUBA — [car.nau.ba] n [Pg] (1866): a fan-leaved palm (Copernicia prunifera syn. C. cerifera) of Brazil that has an edible root and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARNAUBA — carnauba BrE AmE kɑː ˈnɔːb ə -ˈnaʊb- AmE \ kɑːr- -ˈnɑːb-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CARNAUBA — n. 1 a fan palm, Copernicia cerifera, native to NE Brazil. 2 (in full carnauba wax) the yellowish leaf-wax of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CARNAUBA — n. 1 a fan palm, Copernicia cerifera, native to NE Brazil. 2 (in full carnauba wax) the yellowish leaf-wax of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CARNAUBA — n.1 a fan palm, Copernicia cerifera, native to NE Brazil. 2 (in full carnauba wax) the yellowish leaf-wax of this …
Oxford English vocab
CARNAUBA — карнубский - carnauba wax
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARNAUBA — карнауба, коперниция восконосная (Copernicia cerifera)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CARNAUBA — карнауба, коперниция восконосная ( Copernicia cerifera )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CARNAUBA — карнубский - carnauba wax
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARNAUBA — n. Pronunciation: kär- ' no ̇ -b ə , - ' nau ̇ -; ˌ kär-n ə - ' ü-b …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CARNAUBA WAX — noun Date: 1854 a hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARNAUBA WAX — Very hard wax obtained from fronds of the carnauba tree, Copernicia cerifera , a fan palm of Brazil. During the …
Английский словарь Британика
CARNAUBA WAX — noun : a yellowish to dark-brownish gray hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the surface of leaves of the carnauba …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARNAUBA WAX — Date: 1854 : a hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARNAUBA WAX — [carnauba wax] n (1854): a hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARNAUBA WAX — also called Brazil wax or ceara wax a vegetable wax obtained from the fronds of the carnauba tree (Copernicia cerifera) …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARNAUBA WAX — Very hard wax obtained from fronds of the carnauba tree, Copernicia cerifera , a fan palm of Brazil. During the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAX — I Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Английский словарь Британика
CARNAUBIC ACID — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷bik-, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|übik- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary carnaubic (from carnauba + -ic ) + acid; originally formed as German karnaubasäure …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARANDÁ — |karən|dä noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, of Guaranian origin; akin to Guarani caranday 1. : a tropical palm …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX — any of a class of pliable substances of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin that differ from fats in being …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALM — any flowering plant of the order Arecales and of the single family in the order, Arecaceae (Palmae). Many of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANDELILLA WAX — hard, yellowish tan to brown wax found as a coating on candelilla shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Euphorbia cerifera, which grow …
Britannica English vocabulary
КАРНАУБА — 1) carnauba 2) carnauba palm
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

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