Malabar kino
- noun
- Specialized
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kino de Malabar
- The bark of the tree yields Malabar kino, which is valued in traditional medicine.
Examples
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Tanners historically used Malabar kino as a source of tannin for treating leather.
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The herbalist recommended Malabar kino for its medicinal properties.
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Scientists studied the chemical composition of Malabar kino for its medicinal properties.
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Many people use Malabar kino to treat various ailments.
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Scientists studied the chemical composition of Malabar kino for its medicinal properties.
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Tanners historically used Malabar kino as a source of tannin for treating leather.
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The bark of the tree yields Malabar kino, which is valued in traditional medicine.
Synonyms
A reddish or black sticky juice from some trees used in medicine and tanning
A red or black sticky substance from tropical trees that people use to tan leather and treat wounds
A reddish sticky substance from tropical trees used to make leather and as a medicine
A reddish-brown dried gum from eucalyptus trees used for tanning and medicine
A reddish dried juice from the dhak tree used to make skin and leather feel tight
A reddish dried juice from the dhak tree used to dye cloth and to help heal wounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a transparent place+substance compound: 'Malabar' (a region) combined with 'kino' (a medicinal/tanning resin) directly indicates a type of kino from Malabar. Such origin+product formations are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning (a Malabar-sourced resin), even if 'kino' is somewhat specialist vocabulary.
Etymology
Malabar kino names the dark, sticky resin that oozes from certain trees on the Malabar coast of India, where Malabar is the place name and kino means tree resin. Because this red or black sap was used in 'medicine' and for 'tanning' leather, the name now refers to that useful resin.
