| astringence 
 
 a sharp astringent taste;
 the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
 • Syn:
 astringency
 • Derivationally related forms:
 astringent, astringent (for: astringency)
 • Hypernyms:
 taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
 
 
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