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    TANNIN

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicineplay

    Synonyms:

    tannic acid; tannin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("tannin" is a kind of...):

    phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tannin"):

    cutch; kutch (tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas)

    catechin (a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance)

    Derivation:

    tannic (derived from tannin)

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