copal
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- 9
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/ˈkoʊpəl/
(US)
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/ˈkoʊpəl/ (US) · /ˈkəʊp(ə)l/ (UK)
Definition of copal
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
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(countable, uncountable)Any of certain trees of the genus Bursera, commonly used in wood-carving.
“2013, Brian Belcher, Bruce M. Campbell, Anthony Cunningham, Carving out a Future Bursera aloexylon belongs to the copals, a group of trees recognized within the ethnotaxonomical Nahuatl system […]”
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Etymology
From Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).
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