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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kino \ki"no\, n.
the dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
1913 webster
note: the chief supply is from an east indian leguminous
tree, the pterocarpus marsupium. other sources are
the african pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical
american sea grape coccoloba uvifera, and several
australian eucalypti. see botany bay kino, under
botany bay, gum butea, under gum, and
eucalyptus.
1913 webster
see also:
pterocarpus marsupium pterocarpus erinaceus coccoloba uvifera botany bay kino botany bay gum butea
gum eucalyptus
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
kino
n 1: obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent
and in tanning syn: gum kino, kino gum
2: east indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
medicinally and in e.g. tanning syn: pterocarpus
marsupium
see also:
gum kino kino gum pterocarpus marsupium
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