Thesaurus: tannic
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
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- a. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
- adj. derived from tannin
- Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and gallotannic acid. (b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
- Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as,tannic acid. Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgallsas a yellow amorphous substance, C14H10O9, having an astringenttaste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, whichis the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and gallotannic acid.(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent substancesresembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetablekingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
- j:100 a. derived from tannin