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Definition of Copalm
1. n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself.
Definition of Copalm
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copalm
Literary usage of Copalm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... by the French of Louisiana copalm and by the Americans . ... that tree which
he called copalm and which is the true Liquidambar; Gleditsia triacanthos, ..."
2. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"A kind of oil, called copalm, is extracted from it in Mexico, ... when solidified,
is called copalm resin ; this is an excitant of the mucous system, ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"copalm Balsam, a product of Liquidam- bar ... copalm. Liquidambar Styraciflua.
Florida. Amyris Florid-ana. Hungarian. Pinus Pumilio. Jamaica. ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Balsamic exudate, Sweet Gum, White Gum, Bed Gum*, Amber, copalm, Copal-balsam,
Gum- wax; Liquidambar, Ambra liquida; properties of storax. ..."
5. Essays on Husbandry by Walter Harte (1764)
"... from any common tree, and two feet from the copalm tree, its branches would
forthwith diverge towards the latter. A decoction of this plant is of ..."
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