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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.
Wattle
::
Wattle
(n.) The
astringent
bark of
several
Australian
trees of the genus
Acacia,
used in
tanning;
--
called
also
wattle
bark..
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-)..
Catastaltic
::
Catastaltic
(a.)
Checking
evacuations
through
astringent
or
styptic
qualities.
Ergotine
::
Ergotine
() A
powerful
astringent
alkaloid
extracted
from ergot as a
brown,
amorphous,
bitter
substance.
It is used to
produce
contraction
of the
uterus..
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..
Adstringent
::
Adstringent
(a.) See
Astringent.
Astringently
::
Astringently
(adv.)
In an
astringent
manner.
Austere
::
Austere
() Sour and
astringent;
rough to the
state;
having
acerbity;
as, an
austere
crab
apple;
austere
wine..
Apocrustic
::
Apocrustic
(a.)
Astringent
and
repellent.
Logwood
::
Logwood
(n.) The
heartwood
of a tree
(Haematoxylon
Campechianum),
a
native
of South
America,
It is a red, heavy wood,
containing
a
crystalline
substance
called
haematoxylin,
and is used
largely
in
dyeing.
An
extract
from this wood is used in
medicine
as an
astringent.
Also
called
Campeachy
wood, and
bloodwood..
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)..
Astrictive
::
Astrictive
(a.)
Binding;
astringent.
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..
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..
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..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(n.) A
medicine
or other
substance
that
produces
contraction
in the soft
organic
textures,
and
checks
discharges
of
blood,
mucus,
etc..
Boza
::
Boza (n.) An
acidulated
fermented
drink of the Arabs and
Egyptians,
made from
millet
seed and
various
astringent
substances;
also, an
intoxicating
beverage
made from hemp seed,
darnel
meal, and
water..
Kino
::
Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of
certain
plants,
used
variously
in
tanning,
in
dyeing,
and as an
astringent
in
medicine..
Bugleweed
::
Bugleweed
(n.) A plant of the Mint
family
and genus
Lycopus;
esp. L.
Virginicus,
which has mild
narcotic
and
astringent
properties,
and is
sometimes
used as a
remedy
for
hemorrhage..
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