Definition of Ratany

1. n. Same as Rhatany.

Definition of Ratany

1. rhatany [n -NIES] - See also: rhatany

Medical Definition of Ratany

1. Same as Rhatany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratany

ratability
ratable
ratables
ratably
ratafee
ratafees
ratafia
ratafia biscuit
ratafias
ratal
ratals
ratamacue
ratan
ratanies
ratans
ratany (current term)
rataplan
rataplanned
rataplanning
rataplans
ratas
ratatat
ratatats
ratatouille
ratatouilles
ratbag
ratbags
ratbite fever
ratbite fever bacterium
ratcastle

Literary usage of Ratany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of Medicine by Edwin M Hale (1894)
"I have also used a suppository of cocoa butter containing five grains of the extract of ratany, with equally good results. Graphites is of no value except ..."

2. Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal by George Spratt (1830)
"ratany root breaks short, and exhibits a woody centre, surrounded with a ... We are also told by Vogel, that the extract of ratany root,* when heated, ..."

3. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Disturbance virtually eliminated ratany, the second most abundant species in ... Five species, blackbrush, bursage, shadscale, ratany, and Nevada Mormon tea ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... are much used; but many other flavors are also used, as orange flowers, gooseberries, raspberries, aniseed, chocolate, black currants, etc. ratany ..."

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