[Mod.L.; named by Linnæus after J. G. H. Kramer, an Austrian botanist.] a. Bot. An anomalous genus of Polygalaceæ (allied to Leguminosæ), comprising branched spreading undershrubs, natives of America, having strongly astringent properties. b. Med. The root of K. triandra (ratany-root), or a drug prepared from this.
1855. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1863–76. Curling, Dis. Rectum (ed. 4), 115. Vegetable astringents, such as simaruba and krameria.
1866. Treas. Bot., 651/2. The infusion of the roots of the Krameria is blood-red, on which account advantage is taken of it to adulterate port wine.
1870. L. P. Meredith, Teeth, 214. Tincture of krameria.
