RHATANY

{ 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.