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Definitions of astringent in various dictionaries:
noun - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
adj - sour or bitter in taste
adj - tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
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| To tighten your pores, you may use one of these, from the Latin for "to draw together" |
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| tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue |
| sour or bitter in taste |
| a drug or cream that causes the skin or other tissue to tighten: |
| An astringent substance causes the skin or other tissue to tighten: |
| Astringent remarks are clever but unkind or criticize someone: |
| Astringent description |
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| An astringent (sometimes called adstringent) is a chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues. The word derives from the Latin adstringere, which means "to bind fast". Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, a Californian plant, are astringents.Astringency, the dry, puckering mouthfeel caused by the tannins in unripe fruits, lets the fruit mature by deterring eating. Ripe fruits and fruit parts including blackthorn (sloe berries), Aronia chokeberry, chokecherry, bird cherry, quince and persimmon fruits, and banana skins are very astringent; citrus fruits, like lemons, are somewhat astringent. Tannins, being a kind of polyphenol, bind salivary proteins and make them precipitate and aggregate, producing a rough, "sandpapery", or dry sensation in the mouth. The tannins in some teas and red grape wines like cabernet sauvignon and merlot produce mild astringency. * |