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tannic acid

noun Chemistry.

See under tannin.

noun

Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid).
any of these compounds occurring in wine and imparting an astringent taste, especially in red wine.

noun

any of a class of yellowish or brownish solid compounds found in many plants and used as tanning agents, mordants, medical astringents, etc. Tannins are derivatives of gallic acid with the approximate formula C 76 H 52 O 46Also called: tannic acid

n.vegetable substance capable of converting animal hide to leather, 1802, from French tannin (1798), from tan “crushed oak bark containing tannin” (see tan (v.)). Tannic acid first recorded 1836, from French acide tannique, inroduced 1834 by Pelouze. n.

A white or yellowish astringent powder used as a denaturant and in tanning and textiles.
A lustrous yellowish to light brown amorphous, powdered, flaked, or spongy mass derived from the bark and fruit of many plants and used as a mordant and to clarify wine and beer.

A lustrous, yellow-brown, amorphous substance, having the approximate chemical composition C76H52O46. It is derived from the bark and fruit of many plants and is used in tanning leather, in fixing dyes to materials, and in clarifying wine and beer.

Any of various compounds, including tannic acid, that occur naturally in the bark and fruit of various plants, especially the nutgalls, certain oaks, and sumac. Tannins are polyphenols, and form yellowish to light brown amorphous masses that can be powdery, flaky, or spongy. They bind proteins and are used in dyeing, in tanning leather, in clarifying wine and beer, and as an astringent in medicine. Tannins also give color and flavor to black tea.
Any of various other substances that promote the tanning of leather, such as chromium salts.