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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ki·no n. The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
 Note: ☞ The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical American sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), and several Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino, under Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and Eucalyptus.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sea grape
 1. Bot. (a) The gulf weed. See under Gulf. (b) A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.
 2. pl. Zool. The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo).
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