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De - Pt| English Dictionary: copaiba | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for copaiba | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]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. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also {capivi}.] | |
