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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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Astrictive
::
Astrictive
(a.)
Binding;
astringent.
Styptic
::
Styptic
(a.)
Producing
contraction;
stopping
bleeding;
having
the
quality
of
restraining
hemorrhage
when
applied
to the
bleeding
part;
astringent.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Frostweed
::
Frostweed
(n.) An
American
species
of
rockrose
(Helianthemum
Canadense),
sometimes
used in
medicine
as an
astringent
or
aromatic
tonic..
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..
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..
Stypticity
::
Styptical
(a.)
Styptic;
astringent.
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..
Austereness
::
Austereness
(n.)
Harshness
or
astringent
sourness
to the
taste;
acerbity.
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..
Alum Root
::
Alum root () A North
American
herb
(Heuchera
Americana)
of the
Saxifrage
family,
whose root has
astringent
properties..
Astringent
::
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing
together
the
tissues;
binding;
contracting;
--
opposed
to
laxative;
as,
astringent
medicines;
a
butter
and
astringent
taste;
astringent
fruit..
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..
Stegocephala
::
Stegnotic
(n.) A
stegnotic
medicine;
an
astringent.
Astringently
::
Astringently
(adv.)
In an
astringent
manner.
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..
Ergotine
::
Ergotine
() A
powerful
astringent
alkaloid
extracted
from ergot as a
brown,
amorphous,
bitter
substance.
It is used to
produce
contraction
of the
uterus..
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