ALL meanings of rhatany
rhat·a·ny
R r - noun plural rhatany either of two South American shrubs belonging to the genus Krameria, of the legume family, K. tiandra (knotty rhatany or Peruvian rhatany) or K. argentea (Brazilian rhatany or Pará rhatany) 1
- noun plural rhatany the root of either of these plants, used as an astringent and tonic in medicine and also to color port wine. 1
- noun rhatany either of two South American leguminous shrubs, Krameria triandra or K. argentea, that have thick fleshy roots 0
- noun rhatany the dried roots of such shrubs used as an astringent 0
- noun rhatany the strongly astringent root of any of several South American dicotyledonous plants (genus Krameria, family Krameriaceae, order Polygalales) 0
- noun rhatany any of these plants 0