Look up: Copaiba

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   Copaiba
   Copaiba is a mixture of resin and volatile oil which pours from the cut stems of species of Copaifera trees indigenous to tropical America. In small doses copaiba is a diuretic.
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   Copaiba
   Copaiba is the common name of several plants of the genus Copaifera, natural order Leguminose, which grow in Brazil, Peru and other countries in South America.
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   copaiba
   [n] - an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments
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   Copaiba
   Co·pai'ba (?; 277), Co*pai'va noun [ Spanish & Portuguese , from Brazil. cupaúba .] (Medicine) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera , a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba< ...
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   copaiba
   The oleoresin of Copaifera officinalis and other species of Copaifera (family Leguminosae), a South American plant; copaiba oil is used as an expectorant, diuretic, and stimulant. ... Synonym: balsam of copaiba. ... Origin: Sp. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   copaiba
   copaiba balsam noun an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments
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   Copaiba
   `Copaiba` is a stimulant oleoresin obtained from several pinnate-leaved South American leguminous trees (genus `Copaifera`). The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light gold to dark brown, depending on the ratio of resin to essential oil. Copaiba is used in making varnishes and lacquers. The hydrocarbons in copaiba are terpenes, which are made by plants from iosoprene, a `five-carbon-atom building block, so they always contain carbo...
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   Copaiba
   • (n.) Alt. of Copaiva
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   copaiba
   copaiba (kōpā'bu, –pī'–) , oleoresin (see resin) obtained from several species of tropical South American trees of the genus Copaifera. The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light gold to dark brown, depending on the ratio of resin to essential oil...
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