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morintannic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-in-tan-nic acid
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of tannic acid extracted as a yellow crystalline substance from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly Morus tinctoria), Osage orange (Maclura pomifera), and from leaves of common guava (Psidium guajava).

Uncountable

Etymology

From morin (“moric acid”) (from Latin morus (“fustic”)) + English tannic.

Usage

Inflected Forms

moritannic acid (alternative)

Synonyms

maclurin

Questions

What does morintannic acid mean?
A variety of tannic acid extracted as a yellow crystalline substance from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly Morus tinctoria), Osage orange (Maclura pomifera), and from leaves of common guava (Psidium guajava).
Where does morintannic acid come from?
From morin (“moric acid”) (from Latin morus (“fustic”)) + English tannic.

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