COPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copal mean? 

• COPAL (noun)
  The noun COPAL has 1 sense:

1. a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

  Familiarity information: COPAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("copal" is a kind of...):

natural resin (a plant exudate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copal"):

courbaril copal (resin from the courbaril tree)

copaline; copalite; fossil copal (partly mineralized copal dug from the ground)

congo copal; congo gum (copal found usually as a fossil)

kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin (resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum)

anime; Zanzibar copal (a hard copal derived from an African tree)