Definitions | copal |
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- a resinous exudation from various tropical trees that is collected from living trees or dug from the ground as a fossil, that when hard must be rendered soluble in alcohol and other organic solvents by heating, and that is used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink
Etymology: Spanish, from Nahuatl copalli resin
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