Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or obtained from tannin.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or derived from tan.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. derived from tannin
Etymologies
- tann(in) + -ic.
Examples
“Clivers is of astringent benefit in cancer, because of its "tannic,”
“The formation of scab is favored by astringents and styptics, such as tannic acid, iodoform, and 5 per cent solution of zinc chlorid.”
“When a significant underestimation of starting DNA molecules was found, due to the presence of biological inhibitors such as tannic acid, IgG or quercitin, SOD efficiently marked these amplification profiles as outliers.”
“All the barks named contain what is called tannic acid.”
“Washed down with a glass of light, nicely tannic Portuguese table wine, it was a thoroughly enjoyable 45-minute break.”
“Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 479 Degrees Ginger Sesame Caramel Corn A staple of Asian sweets, black sesame seeds have been showing up on savvier restaurant dessert menus for a while now, and with good reason: They offer a silken, nutty, buttery quality and the pleasingly tannic bite of cocoa powder or coffee that works well in most recipes that call for nuts or chocolate.”
“Which is to say that Mr. Ramey's wines, for all their precision and restraint, tend to be more come-hither than their Old World counterparts, his Chardonnays just a little more voluptuous than the average Puligny-Montrachet, his cabs less tannic than the typical Médoc.”
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“It is home to châteaux such as Cos d'Estournel, Calon-Ségur and Montrose, whose wines tend to be a little more tannic than other Médocs and usually age well.”
“Cornas isn't the easiest appellation to appreciate and the Syrah produced here can tannic and challenging when young.”
“Amber is best for me especially in rivers and tannic stained waters.”
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