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Definition: Pterocarpus erinaceus
Kino
\Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
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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.
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Rosewood
\Rose"wood\, n.
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
variegated with black, obtained from several tropical
leguminous trees of the genera
Dalbergia and
Mach[ae]rium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said
to be from the
Dalbergia nigra.
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African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree
Pterocarpus erinaceus.
Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees
(
Amyris balsamifera, and
Linocieria ligustrina).
New South Wales rosewood, the wood of
Trichilia glandulosa
, a tree related to the margosa.
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