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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi kopa'yba.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: co‧pa‧í‧ba
Noun
copaíba f (plural copaíbas)
- copaiba (any tree of the genus Copaifera)
- Synonyms: copaibeira, pau-de-óleo
- (strictly) diesel tree (Copaifera langsdorffii)
- Synonym: copaíba-vermelha
- copaiba (oleoresin extracted from such trees)
Descendants