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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
::
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..
Restrictive
::
Restrictive
(a.)
Astringent
or
styptic
in
effect.
Frostweed
::
Frostweed
(n.) An
American
species
of
rockrose
(Helianthemum
Canadense),
sometimes
used in
medicine
as an
astringent
or
aromatic
tonic..
Styptic
::
Styptic
(a.)
Producing
contraction;
stopping
bleeding;
having
the
quality
of
restraining
hemorrhage
when
applied
to the
bleeding
part;
astringent.
Ergotine
::
Ergotine
() A
powerful
astringent
alkaloid
extracted
from ergot as a
brown,
amorphous,
bitter
substance.
It is used to
produce
contraction
of the
uterus..
Jambolana
::
"Jambolana
(n.) A
myrtaceous
tree of the West
Indies
and
tropical
America
(Calyptranthes
Jambolana),
with
astringent
bark, used for
dyeing.
It bears an
edible
fruit..
Mastic
::
Mastic
(n.) A resin
exuding
from the
mastic
tree, and
obtained
by
incision.
The best is in
yellowish
white,
semitransparent
tears,
of a faint
smell,
and is used as an
astringent
and an
aromatic,
also as an
ingredient
in
varnishes..
Myrobolan
::
Myrobolan
(n.) A dried
astringent
fruit much
resembling
a
prune.
It
contains
tannin,
and was
formerly
used in
medicine,
but is now
chiefly
used in
tanning
and
dyeing.
Myrobolans
are
produced
by
various
species
of
Terminalia
of the East
Indies,
and of
Spondias
of South
America..
Shamoying
::
Shamoying
(n.) A
process
used in
preparing
certain
kinds of
leather,
which
consists
in
frizzing
the skin, and
working
oil into it to
supply
the place of the
astringent
(tannin,
alum, or the like)
ordinarily
used in
tanning..
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..
Adstringent
::
Adstringent
(a.) See
Astringent.
Catechu
::
Catechu
(n.) A dry,
brown,
astringent
extract,
obtained
by
decoction
and
evaporation
from the
Acacia
catechu,
and
several
other
plants
growing
in
India.
It
contains
a large
portion
of
tannin
or
tannic
acid, and is used in
medicine
and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra
japonica,
cutch,
gambier,
etc..
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..
Astrictive
::
Astrictive
(a.)
Binding;
astringent.
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing
together
the
tissues;
binding;
contracting;
--
opposed
to
laxative;
as,
astringent
medicines;
a
butter
and
astringent
taste;
astringent
fruit..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Stern;
austere;
as, an
astringent
type of
virtue..
Persimmon
::
Persimmon
(n.) An
American
tree
(Diospyros
Virginiana)
and its
fruit,
found from New York
southward.
The fruit is like a plum in
appearance,
but is very harsh and
astringent
until it has been
exposed
to
frost,
when it
becomes
palatable
and
nutritious..
Astringency
::
Astringency
(n.) The
quality
of being
astringent;
the power of
contracting
the parts of the body; that
quality
in
medicines
or other
substances
which
causes
contraction
of the
organic
textures;
as, the
astringency
of
tannin..
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..
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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