|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

kino gum

DEFINITIONS OF: kino gum

1

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

Synonyms:
gum kino, kino
Type of:
gum
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

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

Synonyms:
East India kino, Malabar kino
Type 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
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES