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KINO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
Synonyms:
kino; Pterocarpus marsupium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kino" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "kino"):
East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino (reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc)
Holonyms ("kino" is a member of...):
genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
Synonyms:
gum kino; kino; kino gum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kino" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
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