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Meaning of gallic acid

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gallic acid

noun

Definitions

  1. A phenolic carboxylic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, found in galls, tea, the bark of some trees etc; a constituent of tannin

  2. The supposed acid H3GaO3, the acid form of the amphoteric gallium hydroxide Ga(OH)3, known only as alkali metal salts

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tergallic acidgallatemetagallic acidglucogallingallotannic acidgalloyltannic acidgallagic acid