variant of COPAIBA. Copaivate, a salt of Copaivic acid, a crystallizable acid resin (C20 H30 O2) obtained from copaiba balsam. Copaivene, ‘the camphene contained in the crystallized hydrochlorate of copaiba oil’ (Watts).
1863. New Syd. Soc. Year Bk., 194. The next step was … to experiment with copaivic acid or with the copaivate of soda.
1863–82. Watts, Dict. Chem., s.v. Copaiba oil, Hydrochlorate of Copahene or Copaivene.
