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rhatany|ˈrætənɪ|
Also rat(t)any, ratanhy.
[ad. mod.L. rhatania, ad. ratanhia.]
The South American shrub Krameria triandra; the astringent extract of its root, used in adulterating port-wine and medicinally. Also attrib.
Savanilla rhatany, Krameria Ixina of New Granada.
1808Reece Dict. Dom. Med. s.v., Tincture of Rhatany. Take of Rhatany root bruised, three ounces. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 378 The Kramerias,..called Rhatany-roots. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 487 Our supplies at present being chiefly derived from an unknown species, a native of New Granada, and which is called Savanilla Rhatany. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 215/1 The roughness and flavour of the red wines are..often communicated to them by the addition of astringents, such as rhatany. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 565 Rhatany lozenges..will..relieve the symptoms. Ibid. 576 The cases..were treated..by astringents, such as rhatany, locally.
b. false rhatany: the astringent extract of the Seaside Grape, Coccoloba uvifera.
1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 237/2 In the West Indies the juice of the Coccoloba uvifera is called..false rhatany extract. 1873Hooker tr. le Maout & Decaisne's Syst. Bot. 635. |