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(n.) 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 is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; - called also balsam of copaiba.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Copaiva'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/copaiva.html. 1828.
 
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