单词 | jackass copal |
释义 | > as lemmasjackass copal Raw copal obtained from the tree Euphorbia tirucalli, esp. from Zanzibar. Frequently (and in earliest use) more fully jackass copal. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1846 J. C. Reinhardt in 4th Bull. National Inst. for Promotion of Sci. 537 One kind [of gum copal], called ‘Jackass copal’, is much inferior to the other in not drying so readily. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. v. 236 It was lumpy, and of a dead, dull white colour, like the best gum Arabic; the absence of the goose skin proved it to be what is called in Zanzibar chakázi, jackass, or raw copal. 1932 G. C. Williamson Bk. of Amber 191 In Zanzibar is also found another species of copal, frequently termed animi or chakazi (jackass), and obtained from the tree known as Trachylobium Hornemannianum. 1987 H. Fraquet Amber xiii. 132 Sometimes copal also reached Britain via Bombay, and these shipments may have included the jackass copal. < as lemmas |
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