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English to English adjective
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tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue |  | Example: astringent cosmetic lotions
source: wordnet30
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Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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sour or bitter in taste | | source: wordnet30 noun
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a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | | source: wordnet30
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A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. | | source: webster1913
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