astringency
1. a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker • Syn: astringence • Derivationally related forms: astringent (for: astringence), astringent • Hypernyms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception 2. the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids • Syn: stypsis • Derivationally related forms: styptic (for: stypsis), astringent • Hypernyms: contractility • Attrubites: astringent, nonastringent
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