'Stiptic' definitions:
Definition of 'stiptic'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna. [1913 Webster]