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 Kra·me·ri·a prop. n.  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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 Rhat·a·ny, Rhat·an·hy  n.  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.]
 Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada.
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