NOUN
- Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
How To Use Copernicia cerifera In A Sentence
- No country in the world is as rich as Brazil in its natural growth of rubber trees; nor have I ever seen anywhere else such beautiful and plentiful palms: the piassava (_Attalia fumifera_ M.), the assahy (_Euterpe oleracea_ L.), the burity (_Mauritia vinifera_ M.), the carnahuberia (_Copernicia cerifera_ M.), the palmito (_Euterpe edulis_ M.), and many others. Across Unknown South America
