kino gum

Noun	1.	kino gum - obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning gum kino, kino gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
	2.	kino gum - reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc East India kino, Malabar kino Pterocarpus marsupium, kino - East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning 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

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