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Restrictive :: Restrictive (a.) Astringent or styptic in effect.

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..

Restringent :: Restringent (a.) Restringing; astringent; styptic.

Kino :: Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine..

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..

Apocrustic :: Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.

Phloramine :: Phloramine (n.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste..

Birthroot :: Birthroot (n.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties..

Guarana :: Guarana (n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache..

Subatom :: Subastringent (a.) Somewhat astringent.

Astrictive :: Astrictive (n.) An astringent.

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)..

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.

Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to 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..

Geranine :: Geranine (n.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

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..

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..

Stegocephala :: Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.

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