KINO

kino, Pterocarpus marsupium

(noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

kino, gum kino, kino gum

(noun) a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

kino (uncountable)

(seduction community) Physical contact with another person, touch.

Etymology 2

Noun

kino (countable and uncountable, plural kinos)

A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.

Anagrams

• ikon, oink

Source: Wiktionary


Ki"no, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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