The Collaborative International Dictionary
malabar kino
malabar kino \malabar kino\ n. The reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus, used in medicine and tanning etc.
Syn: East India kino, kino gum.
Usage examples of "malabar kino".
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.