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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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