单词 | kino gum |
释义 | kino gum in British English (ˈkiːnəʊ ɡʌm) noun a dark red resin obtained from various tropical plants, esp an Indian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus marsupium, used as an astringent and in tanning another name for kinokino gum in American English (ˈkinou) noun the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc Word origin [1820–30; appar. var. of Malinke keno kind of gum]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, exogenous, phonetic, tetrapod |
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