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Webster 1913 Edition
Kino
Ki′no
,Noun.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
☞ 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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Kino
KI'NO
,Noun.
Kino consists of tannin and extractive.