GALLIC ACID


Meaning of GALLIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈga-lik-, ˈgȯ-lik- ]

noun

Etymology: French gallique, from galle gall

Date: 1788

: a white crystalline acid C 7 H 6 O 5 found widely in plants or combined in tannins and used especially in dyes and as a photographic developer

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