Tannic acid

Tannic acid
Tannic Tan"nic, a. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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