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copaiba

NOUN
  1. an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments

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  • Natural, edible oil-soluble gums suitable for use in balancing natural and synthetic flavor oils and neutral edible oils include damar, colophony, Canada balsam, elemi, copaiba, galbanum, labdanum, myrrh, oliganum, opopanax, Peruvian balsam, sandarac, storax, tolu balsam and mastic.
  • _Dipterocarpus_, chiefly _D. turbinatus_, which has the odour and properties of copaiba and has been used for the same purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
  • At the same time the first medicines advised are stopped and oleoresin of cubebs, five grains, or copaiba balsam, ten grains -- or both together -- are to be taken three times daily after meals, in capsules, for several weeks, unless they disturb the digestion too much. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)
  • The first to recommend the use of gurjun as a substitute for copaiba was Sir W. O'Shaughnessy in The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
  • The oil (which see) is the best form for obtaining the effects of copaiba upon the respiratory tract.
  • Canada balsam may be substituted for balsam of copaiba where the smell of the latter is objectionable, but the ink then dries very quickly. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
  • At the same time the first medicines advised are stopped and oleoresin of cubebs, five grains, or copaiba balsam, ten grains -- or both together -- are to be taken three times daily after meals, in capsules, for several weeks, unless they disturb the digestion too much. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)
  • Rubber, copaiba, tolu, and vegetable ivory [59] are gathered by Indians from the forests. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
  • Copaiba balsam is produced as a rich free-flowing liquid, by various trees of Copaifera species.
  • Most pharmacies sell copaiba oil, either in small bottles over the counter or in the form of capsules.
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