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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..

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

Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind by moral or legal obligation.

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..

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

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..

Astrictive :: Astrictive (a.) Binding; astringent.

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

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.

Chokecherry :: Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit..

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..

Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..

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.

Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit..

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..

Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

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

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

Copperas :: Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate..

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