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1.
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).
2.
any of these compounds occurring in wine and imparting an astringent taste, especially in red wine.
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Tannin
is always a great word to know.
So is alum. Does it mean:
| a double sulfate analogous to potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, with the formula R2SO4?X2(SO4)3?24H2O, where R is alkali metal or ammonium |
| pertaining to an aromatic compound, which contains one or more benzene or equivalent heterocyclic rings: many such compounds have an agreeable odor |
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tannin
vegetable substance capable of converting animal hide to leather, 1802, from Fr. tannin (1798), from tan "crushed oak bark containing tannin" (see tan). Tannic acid first recorded 1836, from Fr. acide tannique, inroduced 1834 by Pelouze.
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tannin  (tān'ĭn) Pronunciation Key
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 are used in photography, dyeing, in tanning leather, in clarifying wine and beer, and as an astringent in medicine. Tannins are also an important ingredient in tea. |
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