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Definition of Courbaril
1. Noun. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood.
Group relationships: Genus Hymenaea, Hymenaea
Terms within: Courbaril Copal
Generic synonyms: Locust, Locust Tree
Definition of Courbaril
1. n. See Animé,
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courbaril
Literary usage of Courbaril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"... courbaril, L.— The resin is distilled per se. Colourless oil, with a strong
not unpleasant odour and a burning taste. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"There is some confusion respecting the use of the word animé, the French designating
copal as résine animé ; and denoting the West Indian animé or courbaril ..."
3. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"... for the resin of courbaril. Cour may eur. Italy; in the Valley of Aosta, at
the foot of Mont Blanc. Athermal or slightly heated mineral waters, ..."
4. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"We know but of one Species of this Plant ; viz. courbaril bifolia ... courbaril with
two Leaves fet together, «and л pyramidal Flower, commonly called ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"... courbaril are compound, and consist of one pair of leaflets. Those of the
first leaf are suborbicular, emarginate, exstipulate, and sessile, ..."
6. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"courbaril. Caesalpinaceae. Dedicated to Hymen, the leaves having each a single
... About 12 species, tropical America. a. H. courbaril L. Tropical America, ..."
7. Recent Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Being a Supplement to by Andrew Ure (1845)
"Resin of courbaril of Rio Janeiro, the English gum-animé, and the semi-hard copal of
... This resin, in fact, resembles very closely the resin of courbaril. ..."
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