wax palm
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
Types & categories
- fan palm hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Copernicia member holonym
Sense 2 noun
Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
Types & categories
- fan palm hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Copernicia member holonym
- carnauba substance meronym
Sense 3 noun
palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
Types & categories
- feather palm hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Ceroxylon member holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Copernicia |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fan palm |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Copernicia |
| 2 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | carnauba |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fan palm |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Ceroxylon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feather palm |