{ } n. [ Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv. rataña. ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada. [ 1913 Webster ]