pterocarpus erinaceus

2 definitions found

pterocarpus erinaceus - 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.
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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 Machaerium.
     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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