HyperDic: malabar_kino

English > 1 sense of the expression Malabar kino:
NOUNplantMalabar kino, East India kino, kino gumreddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
English > Malabar 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.
SynonymsEast India 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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