astringency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
    astringence.
  2. noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
    stypsis.

WordNet

As*trin"gen*cy noun
Definitions
  1. The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.

Webster 1913