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Definition of Astringent |
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Astringent
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. Related Definitions: An, And, As, Astringent, Austere, Binding, Blood, Butter, Contracting, Contraction, Drawing, Fruit, In, Laxative, Medicine, Mucus, Of, Opposed, Or, Organic, Other, Soft, Stern, Substance, Taste, That, The, To, Together, Type, Virtue |
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Astringent Translations
astringent in German is zusammenziehend, stopfend astringent in Italian is astringente astringent in Swedish is sammandragning |
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