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styptic weed
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Styptic weed
(gcide) | Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.]
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality
of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;
astringent. [Written also stiptic.]
[1913 Webster]
Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia
occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
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styptic weed
(wn) | styptic weed
n 1: very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have
been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified
in genus Cassia [syn: coffee senna, mogdad coffee,
styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis,
Cassia occidentalis] |
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Styptic weed
(gcide) | Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.]
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality
of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;
astringent. [Written also stiptic.]
[1913 Webster]
Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia
occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
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