courbaril

From French courbaril, from a South American word.

courbaril (countable and uncountable, plural courbarils)

1. Hymenaea courbaril, a South American tree.
2. (uncountable, dated) Animé, the resin of the tree, used in varnishes.

• “courbaril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• orbicular