Zanzibar copal

noun

Zan·​zi·​bar copal

¦zanzə¦bär,

-bȧ(r-

: a hard copal derived from a tree (Trachylobium verrucosum) of the family Leguminosae

called also animé

Word History

Etymology

Zanzibar, island off the northeast coast of Tanganyika, Tanzania, eastern Africa

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