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Definition of astringent
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of astringent is as below...
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing
together
the
tissues;
binding;
contracting;
--
opposed
to
laxative;
as,
astringent
medicines;
a
butter
and
astringent
taste;
astringent
fruit..
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Styptic
::
Styptic
(a.)
Producing
contraction;
stopping
bleeding;
having
the
quality
of
restraining
hemorrhage
when
applied
to the
bleeding
part;
astringent.
Alum Root
::
Alum root () A North
American
herb
(Heuchera
Americana)
of the
Saxifrage
family,
whose root has
astringent
properties..
Frostweed
::
Frostweed
(n.) An
American
species
of
rockrose
(Helianthemum
Canadense),
sometimes
used in
medicine
as an
astringent
or
aromatic
tonic..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Stern;
austere;
as, an
astringent
type of
virtue..
Birthroot
::
Birthroot
(n.) An
herbaceous
plant
(Trillium
erectum),
and its
astringent
rootstock,
which is said to have
medicinal
properties..
Tormentil
::
Tormentil
(n.) A
rosaceous
herb
(Potentilla
Tormentilla),
the root of which is used as a
powerful
astringent,
and for
alleviating
gripes,
or
tormina,
in
diarrhea..
Matico
::
Matico
(n.) A
Peruvian
plant
(Piper,
/
Artanthe,
elongatum),
allied
to the
pepper,
the
leaves
of which are used as a
styptic
and
astringent..
Geranine
::
Geranine
(n.) A
valuable
astringent
obtained
from the root of the
Geranium
maculatum
or
crane's-bill.
Narceine
::
Narceine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in small
quantities
in
opium,
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance
of a
bitter
astringent
taste.
It is a
narcotic.
Called
also
narceia..
Bhang
::
Bhang (n.) An
astringent
and
narcotic
drug made from the dried
leaves
and seed
capsules
of wild hemp
(Cannabis
Indica),
and
chewed
or
smoked
in the East as a means of
intoxication.
See
Hasheesh..
Cherry
::
Cherry
(n.) The wild
cherry;
as,
Prunus
serotina
(wild black
cherry),
valued
for its
timber;
P.
Virginiana
(choke
cherry),
an
American
shrub which bears
astringent
fruit;
P. avium and P.
Padus,
European
trees (bird
cherry)..
Subatom
::
Subastringent
(a.)
Somewhat
astringent.
Restrictive
::
Restrictive
(a.)
Astringent
or
styptic
in
effect.
Astriction
::
Astriction
(n.) A
contraction
of parts by
applications;
the
action
of an
astringent
substance
on the
animal
economy.
Catastaltic
::
Catastaltic
(a.)
Checking
evacuations
through
astringent
or
styptic
qualities.
Stub
::
Stryphnic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
complex
nitrogenous
acid,
obtained
by the
action
of
acetic
acid and
potassium
nitrite
on uric acid, as a
yellow
crystalline
substance,
with a
bitter,
astringent
taste..
Thebaine
::
Thebaine
(n.) A
poisonous
alkaloid,
C19H21NO3,
found in opium in small
quantities,
having
a
sharp,
astringent
taste,
and a
tetanic
action
resembling
that of
strychnine..
Styptic
::
Styphnic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
yellow
crystalline
astringent
acid,
(NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2,
obtained
by the
action
of
nitric
acid on
resorcin.
Styphnic
acid
resembles
picric
acid, but is not
bitter.
It acts like a
strong
dibasic
acid,
having
a
series
of well
defined
salts..
Monesia
::
Monesia
(n.) The bark, or a
vegetable
extract
brought
in solid cakes from South
America
and
believed
to be
derived
from the bark, of the tree
Chrysophyllum
glycyphloeum.
It is used as an
alterative
and
astringent..
Rhatanhy
::
Rhatanhy
(n.) The
powerfully
astringent
root of a
half-shrubby
Peruvian
plant
(Krameria
triandra).
It is used in
medicine
and to color port wine.
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