copaiba noun. [kǝʊ'pʌɪbǝ] Also copaiva [-vǝ]. E17.
[Portuguese copaíba (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.

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