| See under rhatany (def. 1). |
[rat-n-ee] 
| 1. | either of two South American shrubs belonging to the genus Krameria, of the legume family, K. tiandra (knotty rhatany or Peruvian rhatany) or K. argentea (Brazilian rhatany or Pará rhatany). |
| 2. | the root of either of these plants, used as an astringent and tonic in medicine and also to color port wine. |
