Meaning

noun a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning

noun East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

originFrom Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".

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