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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Astringent \As*trin"gent\ (-jent), a. [L. astringens p. pr of astringere: cf F. astringent. See {Astringe}.] 1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to {laxative}; as astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. 2. Stern; austere; as an astringent type of virtue. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Astringent \As*trin"gent\, n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc External astringents are called styptics. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: astringent adj 1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: {acerb}, {acerbic}, {sharp}] 2: tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions" [ant: {nonastringent}] n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: {astringent drug}, {styptic}]
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