Definition of Copaba
{ Co*pai"ba (?; 277), Co*pai"va (?) },
n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil.
cupaúba.] (Med.) 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. [Written also capivi.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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