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rhatanhy

rhatanhy


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhatany  \Rhat"a*ny\,  Rhatanhy  \Rhat"an*hy\,  n.  [Sp.  ratania, 
  rata[~n]a,  Peruv.  rata[~n]a.] 
  The  powerfully  astringent  root  of  a  half-shrubby  Peruvian 
  plant  ({Krameria  triandra}).  It  is  used  in  medicine  and  to 
  color  port  wine.  [Written  also  {ratany}.] 
 
  {Savanilla  rhatany},  the  root  of  {Krameria  Ixina},  a  native 
  of  New  Granada.