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Alt. of Rhatanhy

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  1. n. Alt. of Rhatanhy
  2. 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.