copal means A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
copal is pronounced /ˈkoʊpəl/.
noun
- A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
- Any of certain trees of the genus Bursera, commonly used in wood-carving.“2013, Brian Belcher, Bruce M. Campbell, Anthony Cunningham, Carving out a Future
Bursera aloexylon belongs to the copals, a group of trees recognized within the ethnotaxonomical Nahuatl system […]”