copal

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Definition of copal in English English dictionary: a resinous exudation from various tropical trees that is collected from living trees or dug from the ground as a fossil, that when hard must be rendered soluble in alcohol and other organic solvents by heating, and that is used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink; {n} the Mexican name of resins and gums but chiefly a resin used in varnishing; A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown; A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T; {i} friable aromatic resin of the Copal tree used in varnishes; verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril, and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; used chiefly in making varnishes; a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes; It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber
congo copal: copal found usually as a fossil
courbaril copal: resin from the courbaril tree
zanzibar copal: a hard copal derived from an African tree

copal

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co·pal

[ 'kO-p&l, -"pal; kO-'pal ] (noun.) 1577. Spanish, from Nahuatl copalli (“resin”)

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