astringency

noun

1. a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

   noun.cognition

   Synonyms astringence

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids

   noun.attribute

   Synonyms stypsis

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the <i>astringency</i> of tannin.

   noun

   Source: webster1913