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copal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun copal has 1 sense
- copal(n = noun.substance) Array - a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes; Array has particulars: courbaril copal, copaline, copalite, fossil copal, congo copal, congo gum, kauri, kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin, anime, zanzibar copal
is a kind of natural resin
CIDE DICTIONARY
copal, [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. Ure. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
copal, n. a resin from any of various tropical trees, used for varnish.
Etymology
Sp. f. Aztec copalli incense
ROGET THESAURUS
copal
Resin
N resin, rosin, gum, lac, sealing wax, amber, ambergris, bitumen, pitch, tar, asphalt, asphaltum, camphor, varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan, artificial resin, polymer, ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion, resiny, resinous, bituminous, pitchy, tarry, asphaltic, asphaltite.
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