Tannic

Definition of Tannic

Tan´nic
a.1.Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
Tannic acid
a - (Chem.) 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.

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