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‖ Krameria|krəˈmɪərɪə|
[Mod.L.; named by Linnæus after J. G. H. Kramer, an Austrian botanist.]
a. Bot. An anomalous genus of Polygalaceæ (allied to Leguminosæ), comprising branched spreading undershrubs, natives of America, having strongly astringent properties.
b. Med. The root of K. triandra (ratany-root), or a drug prepared from this.
1855in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1863–76T. B. Curling Dis. Rectum (ed. 4) 115 Vegetable astringents, such as simaruba and krameria. 1866Treas. Bot. 651/2 The infusion of the roots of the Krameria is blood-red, on which account advantage is taken of it to adulterate port wine. 1870L. P. Meredith Teeth 214 Tincture of krameria. |