- nutgalls
- n. small nut-shaped protrusion on trees produced by the gall wasp
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gallic acid — Usually made from tannic acid or nutgalls; used locally as an astringent, for the same purpose as tannic acid. * * * gal·lic acid .gal ik , .gȯ lik n a white crystalline acid C7H6O5 found widely in plants or combined in tannins and used esp. in… … Medical dictionary
tannic acid — A tannin, C76H52O46, that occurs in many plants, particularly in the bark of oaks and other members of the Fagaceae; used as a styptic and astringent, and in the treatment of diarrhea; available also as t. glycerite. Sometimes used synonymously… … Medical dictionary
C14H10O9 — Tannic Tan nic, a. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. [1913 Webster] {Tannic acid}. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance, {C14H10O9}, having an astringent taste, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
C6H2HO3CO2H — Gallic Gal lic (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Gallic — Gal lic (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gallic acid — Gallic Gal lic (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
