Definition of Copernicia cerifera

1. Noun. Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax.

Exact synonyms: Carnauba, Carnauba Palm, Copernicia Prunifera, Wax Palm
Generic synonyms: Fan Palm
Group relationships: Copernicia, Genus Copernicia
Terms within: Carnauba, Carnauba Wax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copernicia Cerifera

Copehan
Copeland
Copenhagen
Copenhagen blue
Copenhagen blues
Copenhagener
Copenhageners
Copepoda
Copernican
Copernican Revolution
Copernican system
Copernicanism
Copernicia
Copernicia alba
Copernicia australis
Copernicia cerifera
Copernicia prunifera
Copernicus
Copland
Copley
Copper State
Copperfield
Copperopolis
Coppet's law
Coppola
Coprinaceae
Coprinus atramentarius
Coprinus comatus
Copt
Coptic

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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