The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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   Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia
      occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.)
   A styptic medicine.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

styptic
    adj 1: tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or
           blood vessels [syn: styptic, hemostatic]
    n 1: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
         [syn: astringent, astringent drug, styptic]