kino

2 definitions found

kino - 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]

kino - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kino
      n 1: a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an
           astringent and in tanning [syn: kino, gum kino, kino gum
           ]
      2: East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
         medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: kino, Pterocarpus   marsupium
         ]