Copaiba

Word COPAIBA
Character 7
Hyphenation co pai ba
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Copaiba"

What do we mean by copaiba?

A transparent, often yellowish, viscous oleoresin obtained from South American trees of the genus Copaifera in the pea family, used in certain varnishes and as a fixative in some perfumes. noun

The balsam or resinous juice flowing from incisions made in the stem of a plant, Copaifera officinalis, and several other species of the genus, growing in Brazil, Peru, and elsewhere. See Copaifera. noun

A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. noun

An oleoresin, from South American trees of the genus Copaifera, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative. noun

An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments noun

Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera

An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative.

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The word "copaiba" in example sentences

It still smells very much like gin and tonic, but with the addition of a few elements that make it a little more complex: lemon leaf, orris root CO2, litsea cubeba, lime and copaiba balsam. ❋ Ayala Sender (2008)

_Dipterocarpus_, chiefly _D. turbinatus_, which has the odour and properties of copaiba and has been used for the same purposes. ❋ Various (N/A)

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. ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

If balsam of copaiba is made use of, the index of refraction of which is 1.50, a symmetrical field of about 24° will be obtained. ❋ Various (N/A)

One-half ounce balsam copaiba, one-quarter ounce liquorice powder, one-half drachm piperine. ❋ C. A. Bogardus (N/A)

Canada balsam may be substituted for balsam of copaiba where the smell of the latter is objectionable, but the ink then dries very quickly. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

Any out-patients 'room will furnish abundant instances of exact symmetry in the eruptions of eczema, lepra, and psoriasis; in the deformities of chronic rheumatism, the paralyses from lead; in the eruptions excited by iodide of potassium or copaiba. ❋ St. George Mivart (N/A)

A Recipe for Making Printers 'Inks. -- For black ink: Take of balsam of copaiba (pure), 9 ounces; lamp black, 3 ounces; indigo and Prussian blue, of each half an ounce; Indian red, 3/4 ounce; yellow soap (dry), ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

Rubber, copaiba, tolu, and vegetable ivory [59] are gathered by Indians from the forests. ❋ Unknown (1895)

The first to recommend the use of gurjun as a substitute for copaiba was Sir W. O'Shaughnessy in ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

Dr. Enderson of Glasgow employed it in cases that received no benefit from copaiba, giving a teaspoonful t.i. d. in emulsion. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

We believe that elemi possesses the same properties as copaiba, and that its indications for internal use are the same. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

It becomes turbid and coagulates if it be kept at 100° for some time and it solidifies at 200°, while copaiba remains liquid at this temperature. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

It has an odor similar to that of copaiba, is bitter and aromatic. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

Dr. Rean also classed it as equal to copaiba in efficiency. ❋ Jerome Beers Thomas (1891)

_Diuretics_ -- potassium acetate, potassium citrate, and oil of copaiba. ❋ Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1886)

Oil of copaiba, potassium acetate, oil of turpentine, oil of juniper, and other diuretics are valuable in some instances, and, while often failing, sometimes exert a rapid influence, especially in those cases in which the disease is extensive and inflammatory. ❋ Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1886)

#State frequency and types of eruption following the administration of copaiba. ❋ Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1886)

Balsam of copaiba (1 dram daily) may also be given with advantage after the purulent discharge has appeared. ❋ Charles B. Michener (1877)

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