Definition of "capivi" []

• Alternative form of copaiba. (noun)

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• "Commanded by a Captain John Turner, the Helen held a cargo of rubber, cocoa, broom fiber, and resinous balsam from the capivi tree."
• ""Ha!" said the Governor, coming out in his pyjamas, "we'll be giving you capivi in another three months, my friend.""
• "Here the white-crested maroudi, which is never found in the Demerara, is pretty plentiful; and here grows the tree which produces the moran, sometimes called balsam-capivi."