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Kino

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Noun

1. gum kino, kino, kino gum

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

2. kino, pterocarpus marsupium

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kino

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noun
a dark red resin obtained from various tropical plants, esp an Indian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus marsupium, used as an astringent and in tanning
. Also called: kino gum

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Kino

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noun
a dark-red or reddish-brown gum obtained from certain leguminous tropical plants (esp. Pterocarpus marsupium): used in varnishes, as an astringent in medicine, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Kino

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Italian-born Jesuit missionary who explored and mapped much of the American Southwest and Mexico.
n. pl. ki·nos
A reddish resin obtained from various tropical trees chiefly of the genera Butea, Eucalyptus, and Pterocarpus, formerly used in varnishes and as an astringent.

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