I. ˈkē(ˌ)nō noun
also kino gum
( -s )
Etymology: of African origin; akin to Mandingo keno, kano African kino
1. : any of several dark red to black tannin-containing dried juices or extracts obtained from various tropical trees: as
a. : the dried juice obtained usually from the trunk of an East Indian tree ( Pterocarpus marsupium ) as brown or black fragments and used as an astringent in diarrhea — called also East India kino, Malabar kino
b. : butea gum
c. : eucalyptus gum
2. : a tree that produces kino (especially Pterocarpus marsupium )
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: German, short for kinematograph, from French cinématographe — more at cinematograph
: a motion-picture theater in Europe
fond of going to the kino — Truman Capote