Noun wax palm has 3 senses
  1. caranday, caranda, caranda palm, wax palm, Copernicia australis, Copernicia alba - South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
    --1 is a kind of fan palm
    --1 is a member of Copernicia, genus Copernicia
  2. carnauba, carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera, Copernicia cerifera - Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
    --2 is a kind of fan palm
    --2 is a member of Copernicia, genus Copernicia
    --2 has substances: carnauba wax, carnauba
  3. wax palm, Ceroxylon andicola, Ceroxylon alpinum - palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
    --3 is a kind of feather palm
    --3 is a member of Ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon
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