Astringency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Astringency	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Astringency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astringency n a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker Synonym(s): astringency, astringence the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids Synonym(s): astringency, stypsis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Astringency \Astrin"gency\ ([acr]str[icr]n"j[eit]ns[ycr]), 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.