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单词 copal
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Definition of copal in English:

copal

noun ˈkəʊp(ə)lˈkoʊpəl
mass noun
  • Resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish.

    柯柏树脂

    The resin is obtained from trees in the families Leguminosae (genera Guibourtia, Copaifera, and Trachylobium) and Araucariaceae (genus Agathis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.
    • 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.
    • If the resin has hardened in recent times, it is called copal.
    • The book begins by defining amber and differentiating it from copal or more recent and, as yet, undistilled resin.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl copalli 'incense'.

Rhymes

Constantinople, nopal, opal, Opel

Definition of copal in US English:

copal

nounˈkoʊpəlˈkōpəl
  • Resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish.

    柯柏树脂

    The resin is obtained from trees in the families Leguminosae (genera Guibourtia, Copaifera, and Trachylobium) and Araucariaceae (genus Agathis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.
    • Her breath reeked of scalded sugar, copal, and agave.
    • In one culture a shaman uses tobacco, sage or cannabis, in others copal, frankincense, sandalwood, cedar, juniper or pine.
    • If the resin has hardened in recent times, it is called copal.
    • The book begins by defining amber and differentiating it from copal or more recent and, as yet, undistilled resin.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl copalli ‘incense’.

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