copal
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- a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishesType of natural resinKinds Zanzibar copal, congo copal, courbaril copal, copalite, kauri
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co′pal (kō′pal; 277),
Origin: Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero.
A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; — used chiefly in making varnishes. Andrew Ure
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54