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butea kino

butea kino

9.9
A reddish dried juice from the dhak tree used to make skin and leather feel tight
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : kino butea
  • The butea kino extracted from the dhak tree is valued for its tannin-rich, astringent properties.

Examples

  • Traditional medicine sometimes uses butea kino to treat diarrhea and other digestive issues.

  • Many herbalists use butea kino for its astringent effects.

  • Researchers analyzed the chemical composition of butea kino for possible pharmaceutical applications.

  • The butea kino is known for its medicinal properties.

  • The butea kino extracted from the dhak tree is valued for its tannin-rich, astringent properties.

  • Traditional medicine sometimes uses butea kino to treat diarrhea and other digestive issues.

  • Many herbalists use butea kino for its astringent effects.

Synonyms

butea gum
vsbutea kino
  • Indian
9.9

A sticky plant substance from the dhak tree used to help heal small wounds

has identical meaning but is called differently
gum butea
vsbutea kino
  • Indian
9.9

A dried sticky juice from the dhak tree used in medicine to help red, sore skin

has identical sense but uses alternate naming
Bengal kino
vsbutea kino
  • UK
9.9

A reddish dried juice from the dhak tree used to dye cloth and to help heal wounds

is used especially for tanning rather than dyeing
kino
vsbutea kino
  • Specialized
9.9

A reddish gum from tropical trees used to treat diarrhea and tan leather

is specific to the dhak tree rather than many trees
kino gum
vsbutea kino
  • Specialized
9.9

A red or black sticky substance from tropical trees that people use to tan leather and treat wounds

refers specifically to the dhak tree's dried juice instead of various trees
Malabar kino
vsbutea kino
  • Specialized
9.9

A reddish or black sticky substance from some tropical trees used to make medicine and treat leather

comes specifically from the dhak tree rather than those trees
East India kino
vsbutea kino
  • Archaic
9.9

A reddish or black sticky juice from some trees used in medicine and tanning

is specific to dhak tree juice and not Pterocarpus sources

Surface Forms

butea kino singular
butea kinos plural

Morphology

Butea + kino

The meaning is directly compositional: Butea (the tree/genus) + kino (a reddish sticky gum) yields 'the kino produced by the Butea/dhak tree.' This producer+product noun combination is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The noun butea kino comes from the red sap of the butea, the dhak tree, and people scraped the sap and let it dry into hard, reddish lumps called kino. Those lumps were used in medicine and for making leather because they help 'tighten and heal' skin, so the name means a dried, red juice used as an 'astringent'.