See Also: Copaiba(medicine)
copaiba(dictionary)
balsam of copaiba(medicine)

copaiba (iou)



copaiba noun. . E17.
[Portuguese copaiba (whence Spanish copaiba) from Tupi copaiba, Guarani cupaiba.]
A balsam of aromatic odour and acrid taste obtained from S. American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera and used in medicine and the arts. Formerly also, a tree yielding this.