See Also: ellagic(medicine)
ellagic(dictionary)
ellagic acid(medicine)

ellagic (iou)



ellagic adjective. E19.
[French ellagique, from anagram of galle gall-nut (gallique GALLIC adjective2 being already in use): see -IC.]
ellagic acid, a tetracyclic phenolic compound, C14H6O8, found in oak-bark and galls and in bezoars and used as a local haemostatic.
ellagi'tannin noun (Chemistry) any tannin that on hydrolysis gives ellagic acid and a sugar L19.