Astringency - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Astringency' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Astringency

[ n.]

- The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.

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