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Tannin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Tannic acid.

n. Any of various chemically different substances capable of promoting tanning.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Same as Tannic acid, under tannic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as tannic acid. Also called taya. See tannic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine

Word Usage

"The preparation of pentagalloyl glucose has proved this compound to be nearly identical with tannin obtained from galls (_tannin_); a few other natural tannins belong to this type which Fischer terms acyl compounds of sugar with hydroxybenzoic acids."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

phenol

Variant

tannic

Hyponym

catechin cutch Kutch

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

food colouring E181

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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