The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trachylobium verrucosum
Copal \Co"pal\ (k[=o]"pal; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a
generic name of resins.
--Clavigero.]
A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of
Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ( Trachylobium
Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymen[ae]a
Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in
Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.
--Ure.