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gal·lic acid

n :  a white crystalline acid C7H6O5 found widely in plants or combined in tannins and used esp. in dyes and writing ink and as a photographic developer .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  glu·co·side  gly·co·side  quil·la·ic acid 

 
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