Today's crossword clue is a general crossword: astringent crystalline substance . We have 9 answers for astringent crystalline substance in our database.
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Possible answers to astringent crystalline substance
- An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and
extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent
taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
- Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous
acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on
uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent
taste.
- Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline
substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black,
as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the
oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
- The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a
crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in
dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent.
Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
- Consisting, or made, of crystal. - Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. - Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only
crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. - Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. - A crystalline substance. - See Aniline.