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adjectivesour or bitter in taste
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nouna drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
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"astringent cosmetic lotions"adjectivetending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
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- kaki small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
- alum a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
- kino a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
- antiperspirant an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration
- red trillium trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
- geum urbanum hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
- astringence a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- astringency a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- witch hazel plant any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
- japanese persimmon small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit