The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Krameria \Kra*me"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL. So called after the German
botanists, J. G. H. Kramer & W. H. Kramer.] (Bot.)
A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species
of which (Krameria triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root,
used as a medicine, is obtained.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rhatany \Rhat"a*ny\, Rhatanhy \Rhat"an*hy\, n. [Sp. ratania,
rata[~n]a, Peruv. rata[~n]a.]
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.]
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Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native
of New Granada.
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