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astringency
 
Noun astringency has 2 senses
  1. astringency, astringence - a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
    --1 is a kind of taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
  2. astringency, stypsis - the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
    --2 is a kind of contractility
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