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Definition of copal in English: copalnoun ˈkəʊp(ə)lˈkoʊpəl mass nounResin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish. 柯柏树脂 The resin is obtained from trees in the families Leguminosae (genera Guibourtia, Copaifera, and Trachylobium) and Araucariaceae (genus Agathis) Example sentencesExamples - This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.
- In one culture a shaman uses tobacco, sage or cannabis, in others copal, frankincense, sandalwood, cedar, juniper or pine.
- Her breath reeked of scalded sugar, copal, and agave.
- If the resin has hardened in recent times, it is called copal.
- The book begins by defining amber and differentiating it from copal or more recent and, as yet, undistilled resin.
OriginLate 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl copalli 'incense'. RhymesConstantinople, nopal, opal, Opel Definition of copal in US English: copalnounˈkoʊpəlˈkōpəl Resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish. 柯柏树脂 The resin is obtained from trees in the families Leguminosae (genera Guibourtia, Copaifera, and Trachylobium) and Araucariaceae (genus Agathis) Example sentencesExamples - This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.
- Her breath reeked of scalded sugar, copal, and agave.
- In one culture a shaman uses tobacco, sage or cannabis, in others copal, frankincense, sandalwood, cedar, juniper or pine.
- If the resin has hardened in recent times, it is called copal.
- The book begins by defining amber and differentiating it from copal or more recent and, as yet, undistilled resin.
OriginLate 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl copalli ‘incense’. |