Thesaurus / astringent
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While fuyus can be eaten raw and crunchy, hachiyas are mouth-puckeringly astringent until they’re very ripe.
THE ART OF HOSHIGAKI AT HOMEJAMIE FELDMARJANUARY 7, 2021EATERIf you taste one before it is ripe, the fruit’s sour and astringent qualities will flood your taste buds with a horrible cottony sensation.
13 EDIBLE PLANTS YOU CAN STILL FIND IN THE WINTERBY TIM MACWELCH/OUTDOOR LIFEDECEMBER 1, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe extreme sharpness of the air acted on his nerves like an astringent, and braced them swiftly.
TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI was unable to locate any of the ordinary astringent drugs, such as kino, krameria, or nutgall.
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUSThis fruit is very astringent and bitter, and on being cut, a juice flows from it which is at first yellow, but soon turns black.
TRAVELS IN PERU, ON THE COAST, IN THE SIERRA, ACROSS THE CORDILLERAS AND THE ANDES, INTO THE PRIMEVAL FORESTSJ. J. VON TSCHUDIIt is powerfully styptic and astringent; and is used chiefly as an external application in cancer.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYIts roots, of a deep red hue, are distinguished by a bitter taste and astringent properties.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGINThis fruit is very astringent when unripe, but is sweet and delicious when ripe or touched by frost.
WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 5WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCESThe persimmon is a delicious fruit, after the frost has destroyed its astringent properties.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKThen a strong, astringent odor arose through the seams in the deck, and Ross became alive.
THE WRECK OF THE TITANMORGAN ROBERTSONWORDS RELATED TO ASTRINGENT
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rigid
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rigid
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rigid
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raspy
- raucous
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron-handed
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- relentless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- serious
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- strict
- stringent
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
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