Found 2 items, similar to Kino.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: kino
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Kino
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]