kino Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
    gum kino; kino gum.
  2. noun East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
    Pterocarpus marsupium.

WordNet

Ki"no noun
Definitions
  1. 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 1913