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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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:

Nouns denoting substances

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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