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balsam capivi

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[kuh-pee-vee, -pahy-] / kəˈpi vi, -ˈpaɪ- /

noun

  1. copaiba.


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Here the white-crested maroudi, which is never found in the Demerara, is pretty plentiful; and here grows the tree which produces the moran, sometimes called balsam capivi.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

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