Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. &
Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa['u]ba.]
(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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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