: a colorless or pale yellow essential oil obtained from copaiba and used chiefly as an odor fixative in soaps and perfumes
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a colorless, yellowish, or bluish liquid having a pepperlike odor and bitter taste, obtained from copaiba by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes and soaps.
[1825-35]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.