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Tannin

noun
1.
Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine.  Synonym: tannic acid.






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"Tannin" Quotes from Famous Books



... much the same effect as coffee drinking, except that it is decidedly constipating. Perhaps this is because there is considerable of the astringent tannin ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker

... Constituent Parts of Leather. The composition of different leathers exhibited at the Paris Exhibition.—Amount of leather produced by different tonnages of 100 pounds of hides.—Percentage of tannin absorbed under different methods of tanning.—Amounts of gelatine and tannin in leather ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various



Words linked to "Tannin" :   catechin, phenol, tannic, cutch, tannic acid, kutch



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