COPAIBA

copaiba|capivi. Copaiba, or Capivi, n. a tree and its juice which is a transparent resin

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{ Co‐pai″ba (?; 277), Co‐pai″va (?) }, n. [[Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba.]] (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.]