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a colorless, yellowish, or bluish liquid having a pepperlike odor and bitter taste, obtained from copaiba by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes and soaps.[1825-35]
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copaiba oil — noun : a colorless or pale yellow essential oil obtained from copaiba and used chiefly as an odor fixative in soaps and perfumes * * * a colorless, yellowish, or bluish liquid having a pepperlike odor and bitter taste, obtained from copaiba by… … Useful english dictionary
copaiba — /koʊˈpaɪbə/ (say koh puybuh) noun 1. Also, copaiba oil. an oleoresin which collects in cavities within the tree trunk of various tropical (chiefly South American) trees of the genus Copaiba, and is used medicinally as a stimulant and diuretic,… …
Copaiba — Co*pai ba (?; 277), Copaiva Co*pai va, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[ u]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
copaiba balsam — Copaiba Co*pai ba (?; 277), Copaiva Co*pai va, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[ u]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Copaiba — Copaifera langsdorfii in a park in São Paulo Brazil. Copaiba is a stimulant oleoresin obtained from the trunk of several pinnate leaved South American leguminous trees (genus Copaifera). The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light… … Wikipedia
oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef… … Moby Thesaurus
copaiba — [kəʊ pʌɪbə] noun an aromatic oil or resin used in medicines and perfumes, obtained from plants of the genus Copaifera. Origin C17: via Port. from Tupi copaiba, Guarani cupaiba … English new terms dictionary
copaiba resin — noun : the resin that remains after distilling off the essential oil from copaiba … Useful english dictionary
copaiba — /koh pay beuh, puy beuh/, n. an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for… … Universalium
copaiba — The oleoresin of Copaifera officinalis and other species of Copaifera (family Leguminosae), a South American plant; c. oil is used as an expectorant, diuretic, and stimulant. SYN: balsam of c.. [Sp.] * * * co·pai·ba kō pī bə, pā ; .kō pə ē bə n… … Medical dictionary
