kino
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1. East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus pterocarpus, pterocarpus, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | east india kino, kino gum, malabar kino, |
| definition | : | reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc (noun.plant) |
2. a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | gum, |
| definition | : | any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying (noun.substance) |
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