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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhatanhy
{
, Rhat′a-ny
,Rhat′an-hy
}Noun.
[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.