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noun

  • A sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker.
  • The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary