Pterocarpus Marsupium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pterocarpus marsupium
    n 1: East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
         medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: {kino}, {Pterocarpus
         marsupium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kino \Ki"no\, n.
   The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
   tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous
         tree, the {Pterocarpus Marsupium}. Other sources are
         the African {Pterocarpus erinaceus}, the tropical
         American sea grape ({Coccoloba uvifera}), and several
         Australian Eucalypti. See {Botany bay kino}, under
         {Botany bay}, {Gum butea}, under {Gum}, and
         {Eucalyptus}.
         [1913 Webster]