COPAIVA
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copaiba or copaiva (kəʊˈpaɪbə, kəʊˈpaɪvə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| copaiba balsam, Also called: copaiba resin a transparent yellowish viscous oleoresin obtained from certain tropical South American trees of the leguminous genus Copaifera: used in varnishes and ointments | |
| [C18: via Spanish via Portuguese from Tupi] | |
| copaiva or copaiva | |
| —n | |
| [C18: via Spanish via Portuguese from Tupi] | |
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