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(; 277), Copai"va ()}, n.[Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaba.] (Med.) 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. [Written also capivi.] スポンサード リンク
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