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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
kino (uncountable)
(seduction community) Physical contact with another person, touch.
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.
• 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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.