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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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Austere
::
Austere
() Sour and
astringent;
rough to the
state;
having
acerbity;
as, an
austere
crab
apple;
austere
wine..
Kino
::
Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of
certain
plants,
used
variously
in
tanning,
in
dyeing,
and as an
astringent
in
medicine..
Birthroot
::
Birthroot
(n.) An
herbaceous
plant
(Trillium
erectum),
and its
astringent
rootstock,
which is said to have
medicinal
properties..
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..
Adstringent
::
Adstringent
(a.) See
Astringent.
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-)..
Restrictive
::
Restrictive
(a.)
Astringent
or
styptic
in
effect.
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.
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..
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..
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..
Guava
::
Guava (n.) A
tropical
tree, or its
fruit,
of the genus
Psidium.
Two
varieties
are well
known,
the P.
pyriferum,
or white
guava,
and P.
pomiferum,
or red
guava.
The fruit or berry is
shaped
like a
pomegranate,
but is much
smaller.
It is
somewhat
astringent,
but makes a
delicious
jelly..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing
together
the
tissues;
binding;
contracting;
--
opposed
to
laxative;
as,
astringent
medicines;
a
butter
and
astringent
taste;
astringent
fruit..
Astrictive
::
Astrictive
(a.)
Binding;
astringent.
Gambier
::
Gambier
(n.) The
inspissated
juice of a plant
(Uncaria
Gambir)
growing
in
Malacca.
It is a
powerful
astringent,
and, under the name of Terra
Japonica,
is used for
chewing
with the Areca nut, and is
exported
for
tanning
and
dyeing..
Ergotine
::
Ergotine
() A
powerful
astringent
alkaloid
extracted
from ergot as a
brown,
amorphous,
bitter
substance.
It is used to
produce
contraction
of the
uterus..
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..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(n.) A
medicine
or other
substance
that
produces
contraction
in the soft
organic
textures,
and
checks
discharges
of
blood,
mucus,
etc..
Laxative
::
Laxative
(a.)
Having
the
effect
of
loosening
or
opening
the
intestines,
and
relieving
from
constipation;
--
opposed
to
astringent..
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..
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