rhatany

Any of several hemiparasitic herbs or shrubs of the genus Krameria of the Americas, having bilaterally symmetrical pink or purplish flowers and spiny fruit.

The dried root of any of these plants, formerly used as an astringent, in various dental preparations, and as the source of a dye.

See ratany.

The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.

the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada.

The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra), used in medicine and to colour port wine.