TANNIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tannic acid mean? 

• TANNIC ACID (noun)
  The noun TANNIC ACID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TANNIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANNIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

tannic acid; tannin

Hypernyms ("tannic acid" is a kind of...):

phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tannic acid"):

cutch; kutch (tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas)

catechin (a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance)