Definitions for: Kino


[n] East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
[n] obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning



Webster (1913) Definition: Ki"no, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

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.

Synonyms: gum kino, kino gum, Pterocarpus marsupium

See Also: East India kino, genus Pterocarpus, gum, kino gum, Malabar kino, Pterocarpus, tree

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