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Used as an astringent and in tanning
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kino
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Kino is the name of the plant gum produced by various plants and trees, particularly Eucalyptus , in reaction to mechanical damage, and which can be tapped by incisions made in the trunk or stalk. Its red colour, together with the tendency of some species ...
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n. obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning [syn: gum kino , kino gum ] East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: Pterocarpus marsupium ]
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kino \Ki"no\, n. 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 ...
Usage examples of kino.
While Juana prepares breakfast of corncake and pulque, Kino watches "with the detachment of God" as some ants try to outsmart each other in the dirt.
He has the trappings of the rich, whereas you have seen that Kino eats corncake in the dirt, near a fire, wrapped in an old blanket.
The Indian Pharmacopceia recognizes this kind and also Bengal Kino are recognized, and in the United States other kinds are official as well as these two.
Botany Bay, Australian or Eucalyptus Kino from different species of Eucalyptus.
But Kino never has the chance to find out if money buys happiness.
Proudhon, Bellamy, Hudson, Kaif, 47 Ronin, Makoto, Kino Doku, Ka Ko, Mondragon.
Red Gum is official in Great Britain, being imported from Australia, though the Kino generally employed here as the official drug is derived from Pterocarpus Marsupium, a member of the order Leguminosae, East Indian, or Malabar Kino, and is administered in doses of 5 to 20 grains powdered, or 1/2 to 1 drachm of the tincture.
Kino is the inspissated juice of the Bastard Teak (Pterocarpus marsupium) obtained from incisions made in the trunk.