Astringent

a.	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.
n.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	astringent - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals Synonyms: astringent drug, styptic
Adj.	1.	astringent - sour or bitter in taste Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, sharp
	2.	astringent - tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions" Antonyms: nonastringent - not astringent

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