tannic acid

Meaning

Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees; used in tanning.

Translations

Gerbsäure

acide tannique

Gallussäure

Ellagitannin

δεψικό οξύ

Δράκων

ellagitannin

Etymology

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

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