n., pl., -nos.
A reddish resin obtained from several Old World trees of the genera Eucalyptus, Pterocarpus, and Butea and from tropical American trees of the genera Coccoloba and Dipteryx.
[New Latin, of West African origin, akin to Mandingo keno.]
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