wax palm

American  

noun

1. a tall, pinnate-leaved palm, Ceroxylon alpinum (orC. andicola ), of the Andes, whose stem and leaves yield a resinous wax.

2. any of several other palms that are the source of wax, as the carnauba.

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wax palm British  

noun

1. a tall Andean palm tree, Ceroxylon andicola, having pinnate leaves that yield a resinous wax used in making candles

2. another name for carnauba

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Etymology

Origin of wax palm

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The soaring wax palm trees of the valley would later feature heavily onscreen.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Not long into the film — as towering wax palm trees filled the screen — my eyes glazed with tears.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

And we hiked through Cocora Valley in the Zona Cafetera, where the wax palm trees stretched impossibly tall, through the mist toward the sky.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

The chief exports are coffee, rubber, wax, palm kernels and palm-oil, cattle and hides and dried or salt fish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

They take honey, manufactured wax, palm and Castilian wine, civet-cats, large tibors in which to store their tea, glass, cloth, and other curiosities from Espana.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander