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单词 copaiba
释义

copaibacopaivan.

/kəʊˈpʌɪbə//kəʊˈpeɪbə//kəʊˈpʌɪvə/
Forms: Also copayba, copayva.
Etymology: < Spanish copaiba and Portuguese copaiba, < Brazilian cupauba.
A balsam or resinous juice of aromatic odour and acrid taste, obtained from various South American trees or shrubs of the genus Copaifera; used in medicine and the arts.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins
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1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 255 Copayba, a Balsam.
1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 105 A gum..of the smell and taste of balsam capavia.
1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 222 Essential Oil of Copaiba, is obtained by distillation.
1863–82 H. Watts Dict. Chem. at Balsam Brazilian copaiba is light yellow..of various degrees of consistence, from mobile to syrupy. It has a peculiar, aromatic, disagreeable odour, and a persistently bitter and irritating taste.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 503.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as copaiba resin, copaiba tree.
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1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 131 The copaiva tree is a native of South America and the Spanish West India Islands.
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copaiba balsam n. (see above).
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1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 131 The copaiba balsam of the shops is procured by wounding..these trees.
1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. Copaiba balsam consists of several resins dissolved in a volatile oil..Copaiba balsam is used in the preparation of lac-varnishes and tracing paper; but its chief application is in medicine, as a remedy in diseases of the urinary passages.
copaiba oil n. a volatile, mobile oil obtained by the distillation of copaiba balsam with water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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