KINO GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kino gum mean? 

• KINO GUM (noun)
  The noun KINO GUM has 2 senses:

1. a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning

2. reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc

  Familiarity information: KINO GUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINO GUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gum kino; kino; kino gum

Hypernyms ("kino gum" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino

Hypernyms ("kino gum" is a kind of...):

resin; rosin (any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules)

Holonyms ("kino gum" is a substance of...):

kino; Pterocarpus marsupium (East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning)