Copal

Copal

Brittle aromatic yellow to red resins of recent or fossil origin, obtained from tropical trees.

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copal

Earth science; Geology

Brittle aromatic yellow to red resins of recent or fossil origin, obtained from tropical trees.

copal

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

An inclusive term for a wide variety of hard, brittle, semitransparent, yellowish to red fossil resins from various tropical trees (e.g., Copiafera and Agathis), being nearly ...

copal

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A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from ...

gum copal

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An inclusive term for a wide variety of hard, brittle, semitransparent, yellowish to red fossil resins from various tropical trees (e.g., Copiafera and Agathis), being nearly ...

fossil copal

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

An oxygenated hydrocarbon resembling copal from the blue clay of Highgate, near London, England.

pressed copal

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

Synthetic copal produced by consolidating copal fragments under pressure with an oil binder.

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