colophony

(kälə fō′nē, kə läfə nē)

noun

rosin

Origin: ME colofonie < L colophonia (resina) < Gr kolophōnia (rhētinē), lit., Colophonian (resin), after Kolophōn, Colophon, ancient Ionian city: see colophon

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