kino noun.
['ki:nǝʊ] Pl.
-os.
L18.[App. from a W. African lang.]The astringent gum of certain tropical trees and other plants, used locally in medicine, tanning, etc.; orig. (in full
African kino,
GAMBIA KINO) that of a W. African leguminous tree,
Pterocarpus erinaceus, now esp. (in full
East Indian kino,
Malabar kino) that of a related tree of India and Sri Lanka,
P. marsupium. Also, any of the trees or plants which yield this gum.
Bengal kino (the gum of) the dhak tree,
Butea monosperma.
Jamaican kino (the gum of) the sea-grape,
Coccoloba uvifera.
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kino- combining form ['kʌɪnǝʊ] of Greek
kinein set in motion: see
-O-.
■ kino'cilium
noun, pl. -lia
[-lɪǝ],
Biology a cilium which is capable of moving;
spec. one borne singly on each hair-cell of the maculae of the inner ear amid many stereocilia:
M20. ■ kinoplasm noun (
Biology) a supposed kind of fibrillar cytoplasm formerly held to give rise to the active parts of a cell (e.g. the membrane and mitotic apparatus)
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