Copal

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  • noun. Any of several brittle aromatic yellow to red resins of recent or fossil origin, obtained from various tropical trees and used in certain varnishes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hard, transparent, amber-like resin, the product of many different tropical trees, melting at a high temperature, and used in the manufacture of varnishes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
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  • noun. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes
    • Word Usage
    "Brass articles that have to be cleaned frequently should be covered with oil of turpentine, or thin English copal varnish."
    cross-reference
    chacaze copal  fossil copal  mexican copal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    natural resin  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    animé  congo copal  congo gum  copaline  copalite  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alkyd  beta-amyloid  daughterly  degradable  dissolvable  
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