carnaúba

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === carnaíba === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi karana'yba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ubɐ Hyphenation: car‧na‧ú‧ba === Noun === carnaúba f (countable and uncountable, plural carnaúbas) carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America) Synonym: carnaubeira (uncountable) carnauba wax ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: carnauba → Spanish: carnaúba === Further reading === “carnaúba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carnaúba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾnaˈuba/ [kaɾ.naˈu.β̞a] Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: car‧na‧ú‧ba === Noun === carnaúba f (plural carnaúbas) carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America)