COPAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does copal mean? • COPAL (noun)
The noun COPAL has 1 sense:
1. a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes
Familiarity information: COPAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COPAL (noun)
Meaning:
A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("copal" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copal"):
courbaril copal (resin from the courbaril tree)
copaline; copalite; fossil copal (partly mineralized copal dug from the ground)
congo copal; congo gum (copal found usually as a fossil)
kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin (resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum)
anime; Zanzibar copal (a hard copal derived from an African tree)
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