Copaiba; 277, Copaiva

02319 Co*pai"ba (?; 277), Co*pai"va (?), n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa\'a3ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, vellowish 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 is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also altname balsam of copaiba /altname . altsp [Written also asp capivi /asp .] /altsp