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COPAIVA

Definition: COPAIVA

COPAIVA

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: COPAIVA

Language Translations for "COPAIVA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

lægekopaivatræ (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Copaifera officinalis (copaiba tree, copaiva plant), copaïva (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kopaiva (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

French

  

copayer (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

German

  

Kopaivabaum (copaiba tree, copaiva plant), Kopaibabaum (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοπαϊφόρος η φαρμακευτική (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Italian

  

copaive (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opaivacay

   

Swedish

  

kopaivaträd (copaiba tree, copaiva plant), kopaivabalsamträd (copaiba tree, copaiva plant). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nhựa copaiba (copaiba). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: COPAIVA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-o-p-v"

-3 letters: capo, ciao, paca, pica.

-4 letters: ava, avo, cap, cop, oca, ova, pac, pia, pic, poi, vac, via.

-5 letters: aa, ai, op, pa, pi.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-o-p-v"
 

+3 letters: captivator.

 

+4 letters: captivation, captivators, comparative, vasospastic.

 

+5 letters: captivations, comparatives, overcapacity, postvaccinal, prevaricator, valpolicella.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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