copaiba
/koh-pey-buh, -pahy-buh/US // koʊˈpeɪ bə, -ˈpaɪ bə //UK // (kəʊˈpaɪbə) //
科帕巴,科帕伊巴,科帕瓦,科巴
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
Examples
It has been extolled as possessing the virtues of copaiba in an exalted degree.
State frequency and types of eruption following the administration of copaiba.
The action of turpentine resembles that of some other substances which contain resin, as Copaiba and Balsam of Peru.
Here grow the jalap and the guaiacum, the sweet-scented sassafras and the sanitary copaiba.
We believe that elemi possesses the same properties as copaiba, and that its indications for internal use are the same.
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