adj stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
2. astringent ·noun a medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, ·etc.
3. astringent ·adj drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting;
opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.