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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.