Definition of copal Copal
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What does copal mean?
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NounPlural: copals |
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| copal - a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes | ||
| natural resin a plant exudate | ||
| courbaril copal resin from the courbaril tree | ||
| copaline, copalite, fossil copal partly mineralized copal dug from the ground | ||
| congo copal, congo gum copal found usually as a fossil | ||
| kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin, kauri white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- copal
A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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copal
kō′pal, n. a resinous substance used in varnishes. [Sp.,—Mex. copalli, resins generally.]
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🔤- copal, noun, singular of copals.
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