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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 co·pai·ba /koˈpaɪbə, ˈpe-/
 柯拜巴脂[藥名]

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 co·pai·ba /koˈpaɪbə, ˈpe; ˌkopəˈɪbə/ 名詞
 古巴香脂,古巴香膠,玷王巴香脂

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Co·pai·ba Co·pai·va, n.  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 was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes.  It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [Written also capivi.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 copaiba
      n : an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments [syn: copaiba
           balsam, balsam capivi]