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Tannic acid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees; used in tanning. countable, uncountable

    "Its salts resemble those of caffeina. The tannate is soluble in an excess of tannic acid, in alcohol and boiling water."

  2. 2
    any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine wordnet

Etymology

Calque of French acide tannique, introduced 1834 by the French chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze.

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