copaiba resin

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• copaiba resin — noun : the resin that remains after distilling off the essential oil from copaiba …   Useful english dictionary

• Copaiba — Co*pai ba (?; 277), Copaiva Co*pai va, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[ u]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• copaiba balsam — Copaiba Co*pai ba (?; 277), Copaiva Co*pai va, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[ u]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• copaiba — [kō pā′bə, kōpī′bə] n. [Sp & Port < Tupí cupaiba] 1. an aromatic resin obtained from certain South American trees (genus Copaifera) of the caesalpinia family: formerly used in medicine, now used in varnishes, etc. 2. any of these trees …   English World dictionary

• Copaiba — Copaifera langsdorfii in a park in São Paulo Brazil. Copaiba is a stimulant oleoresin obtained from the trunk of several pinnate leaved South American leguminous trees (genus Copaifera). The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light… …   Wikipedia

• Resin — Not to be confused with rosin, a particular type of resin. This article is about the plant secretion. For other uses, see Resin (disambiguation). Insect trapped in resin …   Wikipedia

• copaiba — [kəʊ pʌɪbə] noun an aromatic oil or resin used in medicines and perfumes, obtained from plants of the genus Copaifera. Origin C17: via Port. from Tupi copaiba, Guarani cupaiba …   English new terms dictionary

• resin — Synonyms and related words: Canada balsam, Sonora lac, acacia, agar, amber, ambergris, ammoniac, amyrin, anime, balsam, bassorin, benjamin, benzoin, camphor, carob gum, carrageenin, chewing gum, chicle, colophony, copaiba, copal, copaline, dammar …   Moby Thesaurus

• copaiba — /koh pay beuh, puy beuh/, n. an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for… …   Universalium

• copaiba — n. type of resin used in varnish and formerly in medicine …   English contemporary dictionary

• copaiba —   n. kind of oily resin.    ♦ copaibic,    ♦ copaivic, a …   Dictionary of difficult words