hymenaea courbaril
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- West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough woodSynonyms: courbarilType of locust tree, locustMember of Hymenaea, genus HymenaeaMade of courbaril copal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“hymenaea courbaril” is listed under Anime.
Origin: F. animé animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.
A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Andrew Ure
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
Origin: Etymol. uncertain.
Botany A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (Robinia Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
☞ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which Hymenæa Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
Honey locust tree Botany, a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; — so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. — Water locust tree Botany, a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54