Wax-palm
noun
1.
a tall, pinnate-leaved palm, Ceroxylon alpinum (or C. andicola), of the Andes, whose stem and leaves yield a resinous wax.
2.
any of several other palms that are the source of wax, as the carnauba.
noun
1.
a tall Andean palm tree, Ceroxylon andicola, having pinnate leaves that yield a resinous wax used in making candles
2.
another name for carnauba (sense 1)
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