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tannic acid en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees and used in tanning.
    • Its salts resemble those of caffeina. The tannate is soluble in an excess of tannic acid, in alcohol and boiling water. 1864, Edward Parrish, A Treatise on Pharmacy, page 640:

Forms

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tannic acids Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mimotannic acid · tannate · acetyltannic acid

Relateds

tannogallic acid · tannin

Translations (10)

it acido tannico (any of various complex phenols) · ro acid tanic (any of various complex phenols) · de Gerbsäure (any of various complex phenols) · sv tannin (any of various complex phenols) · fi parkkihappo (any of various complex phenols) · ru дуби́льная кислота́ (any of various complex phenols) · fr acide tannique (any of various complex phenols) · sv garvsyra (any of various complex phenols) · pl kwas taninowy (any of various complex phenols) · ca àcid tànnic (any of various complex phenols)