資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Copal \Co"pal\ (k[=o]"pal; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a
generic name of resins. --Clavigero.]
A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of
Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium
Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[ae]a
Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in
Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Hymenaea courbaril
n : West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles
of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard
tough wood [syn: {courbaril}]