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Kino 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 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... prickly ash berries (or double as much bark of the root), cloves, and cinnamon bark, of each two ounces; gum camphor and gum myrrh, of each one ounce; gum kino, half an ounce. Reduce all to a coarse powder and add to one quart of best French brandy. Let it stand ten days or two weeks to digest, shaking the bottle two or three times a day to keep the ingredients from ...

— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous

Words linked to "Kino" : eucalyptus kino, gum, Bengal kino, Pterocarpus, gum kino, Malabar kino, tree, butea kino, genus Pterocarpus, East India kino, kino gum, Pterocarpus marsupium