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copal

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
  2. noun Any of certain trees of the genus Bursera, commonly used in wood-carving.

Similar words

varnish gum copalm copaiba capulin zanzibar copal tacamahac amber tree copalxocotl jatoba

Often followed by

varnish and incense is resin in or gum tree

Word family

copals

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