kino

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a drug; the dried juice, of astringentcharacter, obtained from incisions in the bark of varioustrees. In Australia it is got from certain Eucalypts,e.g. E. resinifera, Smith, and E. corymbosa,Smith. «It is used in England under the name of Red-gumin astringent lozenges for sore throat.» (`Century.') See Red Gum. The drug is Australian, but the word,according to Littre, is « Mot des Indes orientales

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