copal
Americannoun
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copals
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of copal
1570–80; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl copalli
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The scent of copal, a tree resin used by Mesoamerican cultures for spiritual, medicinal and practical rituals, wafts through the space.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024
The specimen that Poinar describes, which he named Myrmarachne colombiana, was entombed in a type of fossilized resin known as copal.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
One volador runs a goblet with copal incense up and down the bodies of his colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
This pretty kit contains mountain sage, frankincense, myrrh and white copal resin; a Selenite stick; crystals and a palo santo stick for smudging.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
“It’s only the copal incense we burn for the dead,” Consuela said.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
From the copals there oozes, by the holes which certain insects make, an odorous gum, which runs along the ground and collects for the wants of the natives.
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
A stranger might have thought, when I spoke of those copals Rose carved, that Rose was some girl.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
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