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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow crystalline compound, C14H6O8, that is obtained from tannins and used as a hemostatic.
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- noun A
polyphenol antioxidant found in numerousfruits andvegetables includingraspberries ,strawberries ,cranberries ,walnuts ,pecans ,pomegranates and otherplant foods .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French ellagique, from ellag, backward spelling of galle, plant gall, from Latin galla.]
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