Found 2 items, similar to styptic weed.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: styptic weed styptic weed n : very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia [syn: coffee senna, mogdad coffee , stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Styptic weed Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] [1913 Webster] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis ) closely related to the wild senna. [1913 Webster]