'Styptic weed' definitions:
Definition of 'styptic weed'
(from WordNet)
noun
Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia [syn: coffee senna, mogdad coffee, styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis]
Definition of 'Styptic weed'
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]