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Coccoloba uvifera (gcide) | Sea grape \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.
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2. pl. (Zool.) The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a
squid (Loligo).
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Coccoloba uvifera (gcide) | Kino \Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
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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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