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subastringent
[ suhb-uh-strin-juhnt ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subastringent1
First recorded in 1685–95; sub- + astringent
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Example Sentences
Their taste is subastringent, and very slightly acid: hence they stand recommended by Boerhaave in the hot scurvy, and in uterine and other haemorrhagies.
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The Flowers.—The flowers appear in April; they have a pleasant sweet smell, and a subacrid, bitterish, subastringent taste.
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The leaves, which are the part directed for medicinal use, have a bitterish subastringent taste, and, as well as the bark and young branches, manifest a degree of acrimony.
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