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carnauba wax


carnauba wax

noun

Definition of CARNAUBA WAX

: a hard brittle high-melting wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm and used chiefly in polishes

First Known Use of CARNAUBA WAX

1854

Rhymes with CARNAUBA WAX

anticlimax, Astyanax, bikini wax, hydrothorax, mesothorax, metathorax, property tax, selling climax, vegetable wax, withholding tax

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