COPAL

copal. Copal, n. the Mexican name of resins and gums but chiefly a resin used in varnishing

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Co″pal (kō″pal; 277), [[Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero.]] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; — used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure.