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Alder
noun · 78% connection
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tann…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Astringency
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Astringent
adjective · 78% connection
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Bablah
noun · 78% connection
The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Bhang
noun · 78% connection
An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Birthroot
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Bistort
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Boldu
noun · 78% connection
A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Bracer
noun · 78% connection
That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Catechu
noun · 78% connection
A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in I…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Chokecherry
noun · 78% connection
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Copperas
noun · 78% connection
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Cubeb
noun · 78% connection
The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Frostweed
noun · 78% connection
An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Gambier
noun · 78% connection
The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japoni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Guava
noun · 78% connection
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Hennotannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
Hermetical
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dried, astringent, fruit, much, resembling.
