a dark-red or reddish-brown gum obtained from certain leguminous tropical plants (esp. Pterocarpus marsupium): used in varnishes, as an astringent in medicine, etc.
Origin:
< WAfr (Mandingo) native name
See kino in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.ki·nos
A reddish resin obtained from several Old World trees of the genera Eucalyptus, Pterocarpus, and Butea and from tropical American trees of the genera Coccoloba and Dipteryx.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin
Origin: , of West African origin
Origin: ; akin to Mandingo keno
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Italian-born Jesuit missionary who explored and mapped much of the American Southwest and Mexico.