copal
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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
Still, copal can be up to 3 million years old.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
Inside the bag was a small metal tray, a roll of charcoal disks and a bag of sticky, golden resin I would later learn was copal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
“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 Verne, Jules
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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