kino gum

American  

[kee-noh] / ˈki noʊ /

noun

1. the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of kino gum

1820–30; apparently variant of Malinke keno kind of gum

Example Sentences

A sort of kino gum, an astringent resinous-like substance, is also extracted from E. resinifera, the brown gum-tree of New Holland, which is sold in the medicine bazaars of India.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.