Gallic /(?)/
Gal·lic
Gallic
a.
- Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. (Chem.)
Gallic
a.
- Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.
Phrases & Compounds
- Gallic acid
- an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
Gallic
a.
- Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.