HyperDic: east_india_kino

English > 1 sense of the expression East India kino:
NOUNplantEast India kino, Malabar kino, kino gumreddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
English > East India kino: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningreddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc.
SynonymsMalabar kino, kino gum
Broaderresin, rosinAny of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Substance ofkino, Pterocarpus marsupiumEast Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

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