Definition of Nonastringent

1. Adjective. Not astringent.

Attributes: Astringency, Stypsis
Antonyms: Astringent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonastringent

nonasterisked
nonasthma
nonasthmatic
nonasthmatics
nonastringent (current term)
nonastrological
nonastronomer
nonastronomers
nonastronomical
nonasymptotic
nonasynchronous
nonatheist
nonatheistic
nonatheists
nonathlete
nonathletes
nonathletic
nonatmospheric
nonatomic

Literary usage of Nonastringent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1914)
"Received March 30, 1913. 36117. "Gosho. Medium, nonastringent." 36118. ... Late, nonastringent." 36119. ..."

2. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"The fruit must be thoroughly ripe and nonastringent. PERSIMMON FUDGE 2 cups of persimmon pulp, 2 cups of sugar. Cook over a slow fire, stirring occasionally ..."

3. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"GORE, HC—"Experiments on the Processing of Persimmons to Render them nonastringent," US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry Bulletin No. ..."

4. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"GORE, HC—"Experiments on the Processing of Persimmons to Render them nonastringent," US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry Bulletin No. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1894)
"Availing himself of the property of tannic acid to absorb oxygen from the air in alkaline solution and from nonastringent bodies, ..."

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