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n. Any of several brittle aromatic yellow to red resins of recent or fossil origin, obtained from various tropical trees and used in certain varnishes.

n. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.

A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.

n. A hard, transparent, amber-like resin, the product of many different tropical trees, melting at a high temperature, and used in the manufacture of varnishes.

n. a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

"Brass articles that have to be cleaned frequently should be covered with oil of turpentine, or thin English copal varnish."

natural resin   

mexican copal    chacaze copal    fossil copal   

fossil copal    kauri copal    congo gum    zanzibar copal    copalite    kauri gum    kauri resin    kauri    congo copal    copaline   

seed-lac    we-all    golden-tinged    uncured    membrane-bound    alkyd    pleasant-smelling    polyurethane    fotch    lill