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[syn: kino, Pterocarpus marsupium]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pterocarpus marsupium
n 1: East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: kino, Pterocarpus
marsupium]