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Definition of Styptic weed

Styptic weed
Styptic Styp"tic, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.

Meaning of Styptic weed from wikipedia

- Senna occidentalis, commonly known as coffee senna, styptic weed, or septicweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to...
- coffee-weed, java-bean, American sicklepod (Central and Southern America, introduced elsewhere) Senna occidentalis (L.) Link – coffee senna, styptic weed, septicweed...
- south Texas. The species name come from the Ancient Gr**** ischaemum, a styptic (causing ischemia). "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species"...
- in the United States and Europe by a Liverpool physician in 1839 as a styptic and astringent for wounds. Piper adun**** was described by Linnaeus and...
- Linnaeus, the genus contained some species whose seeds had been known to have styptic properties, and so the name was inherited. The specific epithet rugosum...
- anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine, as well as demulcent, expectorant, styptic and diuretic. Externally, a poultice of the leaves is useful for insect...