copal Definition
co·pal (kō′pəl, -pal′)
noun
fossil resin and other hard resins from tropical trees, used in varnishes and lacquers
Etymology: Sp < Nahuatl copalli, resin
copal Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- resin: The natural imitations, known as copal resin, are very closely related to amber.
- varnish: The young trees furnish the most valuable gum, the older yielding merely a clear, glutinous fluid, resembling copal varnish.
Noun used with modifier
gum: Their ears, frightfully distended, held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal.
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