Copaiva
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A more or less viscid, yellowish 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 balsam
of copaiba.
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