释义 |
copal /ˈkəʊp(ə)l /noun [mass noun]Resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish.- The resin is obtained from trees in the families Leguminosae (genera Guibourtia, Copaifera, and Trachylobium) and Araucariaceae (genus Agathis).
In one culture a shaman uses tobacco, sage or cannabis, in others copal, frankincense, sandalwood, cedar, juniper or pine....- Her breath reeked of scalded sugar, copal, and agave.
- The book begins by defining amber and differentiating it from copal or more recent and, as yet, undistilled resin.
OriginLate 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl copalli 'incense'. RhymesConstantinople, nopal, opal, Opel |