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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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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.
Austereness
::
Austereness
(n.)
Harshness
or
astringent
sourness
to the
taste;
acerbity.
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..
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..
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..
Hardhack
::
Hardhack
(n.) A very
astringent
shrub
(Spiraea
tomentosa),
common
in
pastures.
The
Potentilla
fruticosa
in also
called
by this
name..
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..
Astriction
::
Astriction
(n.) A
contraction
of parts by
applications;
the
action
of an
astringent
substance
on the
animal
economy.
Port
::
Port (n.) A dark red or
purple
astringent
wine made in
Portugal.
It
contains
a large
percentage
of
alcohol.
Copperas
::
Copperas
(n.) Green
vitriol,
or
sulphate
of iron; a green
crystalline
substance,
of an
astringent
taste,
used in
making
ink, in
dyeing
black,
as a tonic in
medicine,
etc. It is made on a large scale by the
oxidation
of iron
pyrites.
Called
also
ferrous
sulphate..
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..
Sub-
::
Sub- () A
prefix
signifying
under,
below,
beneath,
and hence
often,
in an
inferior
position
or
degree,
in an
imperfect
or
partial
state,
as in
subscribe,
substruct,
subserve,
subject,
subordinate,
subacid,
subastringent,
subgranular,
suborn.
Sub- in Latin
compounds
often
becomes
sum-
before
m, sur
before
r, and
regularly
becomes
suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup-
before
c, f, g, and p
respectively.
Before
c, p, and t it
sometimes
takes form sus- (by the
dropping
of b from a
collateral
form,
subs-)..
Matico
::
Matico
(n.) A
Peruvian
plant
(Piper,
/
Artanthe,
elongatum),
allied
to the
pepper,
the
leaves
of which are used as a
styptic
and
astringent..
Hypocist
::
Hypocist
(n.) An
astringent
inspissated
juice
obtained
from the fruit of a plant
(Cytinus
hypocistis),
growing
from the roots of the
Cistus,
a small
European
shrub..
Alum Root
::
Alum root () A North
American
herb
(Heuchera
Americana)
of the
Saxifrage
family,
whose root has
astringent
properties..
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..
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..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing
together
the
tissues;
binding;
contracting;
--
opposed
to
laxative;
as,
astringent
medicines;
a
butter
and
astringent
taste;
astringent
fruit..
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..
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