Astringent
101Cachou — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cachou (homonymie). Les Cachous sont des sucs astringents de provenance diverse et qui se retirent par décoction des fruits de l Areca catechu L. (Palmiers), du bois de l Acacia catechu ou des feuilles du [1]… …
102Diospyros kaki — Plaqueminier Plaqueminier …
103Figuier-caque — Plaqueminier Plaqueminier …
104Figuier caque — Plaqueminier Plaqueminier …
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106acid — acidly, adv. acidness, n. /as id/, n. 1. Chem. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a… …
107alum — alum1 /al euhm/, n. Chem. 1. Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes. 2 …
108chokecherry — /chohk cher ee/, n., pl. chokecherries. Chiefly Northern U.S. 1. any of several cherries, esp. Prunus virginiana, of North America, that bear an astringent fruit. 2. the fruit itself. [1775 85, Amer.; CHOKE + CHERRY] * * * One of several… …
109persimmon — /peuhr sim euhn/, n. 1. any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp. D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.… …
110apocrustic — 1. Astringent and repellent. 2. An agent with such action. [G. apokroustikos, able to beat off, fr. apo, off, + krouo, to strike] * * * ap·o·crus·tic (ap″o krusґtik) 1. astringent and repellent. 2. an astringent and repellent agent …
