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Definition of Bengal kino
1. Noun. Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bengal Kino
Literary usage of Bengal kino
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"It is either obtained by incision; or according to Roxburgh, Bengal kino ...
Bengal kino occurs in the form of irregular, angular, flattish fragments, ..."
2. The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce by Heber Drury (1873)
"... obtained from the stem by incision is known as tin1 Bengal kino, ... or Bengal
kino is of brittle texture and ruby- red ..."
3. Indian Industries by A. G. F. Eliot James (1880)
"The juice is obtained from the stem, in which incisions are made; it is usually
known as " Bengal kino"; it is curious that the Sanscrit name of this tree ..."
4. Materia medica of India and their therapeutics by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory (1903)
"Eng.—Bastard teak, Bengal kino (gum). Guz. ... The inspissated juice obtained
from the stem by incision constitutes Bengal kino. ..."
5. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"BUTEA or BENGAL kino is obtained from Butea monosperma. a tree growing in western
India and Indo-China. American dragon's blood, resembling black kino, ..."
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