Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transparent, often yellowish, viscous oleoresin obtained from South American trees of the genus Copaifera in the pea family, used in certain varnishes and as a fixative in some perfumes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The balsam or resinous juice flowing from incisions made in the stem of a plant, Copaifera officinalis, and several other species of the genus, growing in Brazil, Peru, and elsewhere. See
Copaifera .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also
balsam of copaiba ,copaiba balsam ,balsam capivi , andJesuits' resin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
oleoresin , from South American trees of the genus Copaifera, used invarnishes ,ointments and as aperfume fixative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It still smells very much like gin and tonic, but with the addition of a few elements that make it a little more complex: lemon leaf, orris root CO2, litsea cubeba, lime and copaiba balsam.
Arsenal Reformulated Ayala Sender 2008
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It still smells very much like gin and tonic, but with the addition of a few elements that make it a little more complex: lemon leaf, orris root CO2, litsea cubeba, lime and copaiba balsam.
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_Dipterocarpus_, chiefly _D. turbinatus_, which has the odour and properties of copaiba and has been used for the same purposes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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At the same time the first medicines advised are stopped and oleoresin of cubebs, five grains, or copaiba balsam, ten grains -- or both together -- are to be taken three times daily after meals, in capsules, for several weeks, unless they disturb the digestion too much.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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One-half ounce balsam copaiba, one-quarter ounce liquorice powder, one-half drachm piperine.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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If balsam of copaiba is made use of, the index of refraction of which is 1.50, a symmetrical field of about 24° will be obtained.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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Canada balsam may be substituted for balsam of copaiba where the smell of the latter is objectionable, but the ink then dries very quickly.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Any out-patients 'room will furnish abundant instances of exact symmetry in the eruptions of eczema, lepra, and psoriasis; in the deformities of chronic rheumatism, the paralyses from lead; in the eruptions excited by iodide of potassium or copaiba.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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A Recipe for Making Printers 'Inks. -- For black ink: Take of balsam of copaiba (pure), 9 ounces; lamp black, 3 ounces; indigo and Prussian blue, of each half an ounce; Indian red, 3/4 ounce; yellow soap (dry),
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Rubber, copaiba, tolu, and vegetable ivory [59] are gathered by Indians from the forests.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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