Definition of Tannec
Tan"nic (?), a. 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.
Tan"nic (?), a. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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