copal

co·pal

 (kō′pəl, -păl′)

n.

Any of several brittle aromatic yellow to red resins of recent or fossil origin, obtained from various tropical trees and used in certain varnishes.

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[Spanish, from Nahuatl copalli, resin.]

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copal

(ˈkəʊpəl; -pæl)

n

(Biochemistry) a hard aromatic resin, yellow, orange, or red in colour, obtained from various tropical trees and used in making varnishes and lacquers

[C16: from Spanish, from Nahuatl copalli resin]

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co•pal

(ˈkoʊ pəl, -pæl)

n.

a resin obtained from various tropical trees and used in making varnishes.

[1570–80; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl copalli]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

copal - a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes courbaril copal - resin from the courbaril tree natural resin - a plant exudate copaline, copalite, fossil copal - partly mineralized copal dug from the ground congo copal, congo gum - copal found usually as a fossil kauri, kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin - resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum anime, Zanzibar copal - a hard copal derived from an African tree

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