What does tannic acid mean?

tannic acid means "any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine".

What is another word for tannic acid?

Close synonyms include tannin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tannic acid a common word?

tannic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

tannic acid — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

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

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What does tannic acid mean?: tannic acid means "any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine".
What is another word for tannic acid?

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