TANNIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

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)