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ki·no | \ ˈkē-(ˌ)nō 
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\Medical Definition of kino
1 : any of several dark red to black tannin-containing dried juices or extracts obtained from various tropical trees especially : the dried juice obtained usually from the trunk of an Indian and Sri Lankan tree (Pterocarpus marsupium) as brown or black fragments and used as an astringent in diarrhea
2 : a tree that produces kino (especially Pterocarpus marsupium)
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