Definitions
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- adjective Containing or producing
tannin .
Etymologies
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tannin + -iferous
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Examples
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It is readily, but very slowly obtained from a cold, long-kept, and eventually evaporated decoction of galls, or of the tanniniferous barks.
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Since my examination and recommendation of the myrtle leaves as a tanniniferous agent, I see that it has been used by Mr.J. Commins, of Charleston, in tanning leather.
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Strange to say, the dogfennel (Eupatorium fæniculaceum?) occupied a very inferior position as a tanniniferous plant.
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