单词 | wax palm |
释义 | wax palmnouna tall, pinnate-leaved palm, Ceroxylon alpinum (or C. andicola), of the Andes, whose stem and leaves yield a resinous wax. any of several other palms that are the source of wax, as the carnauba. Origin of wax palmFirst recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby wax palmwaxleaf privet, wax light, wax moth, wax museum, wax myrtle, wax palm, wax paper, wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxwing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wax palm
British Dictionary definitions for wax palmwax palm nouna tall Andean palm tree, Ceroxylon andicola, having pinnate leaves that yield a resinous wax used in making candles another name for carnauba (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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