balaustinen.
/bəˈlɔːstɪn/ The red rose-like flower of the wild pomegranate, which, when dried, is used in medicine as an astringent.
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1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. lxxxii. 716 Decoction of Balaustins.
1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 490 Astringent Drugs, as Galls, Oak-Leaves and Balaustians.
1758 J. Walker in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 121 A tincture of balaustine-flowers.
1839 in Hooper's Lexicon Medicum (ed. 7)
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