Definition of Rhateny
{ Rhat"a*ny, Rhat"an*hy } (?),
n. [Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv.
rataña.] The powerfully astringent root of a half-
shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in
medicine and to color port wine. [Written also
ratany.]
Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria
Ixina, a native of New Granada.
{ Rhat"a*ny, Rhat"an*hy } (?),
n. [Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv.
rataña.] The powerfully astringent root of a half-
shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in
medicine and to color port wine. [Written also
ratany.]
Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria
Ixina, a native of New Granada.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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