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What does gallic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from galls.
  2. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to gallic acid or its derivatives.
  3. (inorganic chemistry) Relating to, or containing, gallium.
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The main constituents of Aleppo galls are 50 to 70 per cent of gallotannic acid, 2 to 4 per cent of gallic acid, mucilage, sugar, resin and an insoluble matter called lignin.
Esculin will not luminesce with peroxidase and H2O2, but pyrogallol or gallic acid will.
The texture of the paper was not injured, but the iron basis of the ink, as well as the gallic acid, was entirely removed.
The image is to be brought out with gallic acid and acetic acid, laid over with a brush, and requires no heat.
By washing the paper with a solution of gallic acid after the exposure, he produced a developed-out image.
Larry Yachimec, in a Sterling award nominated turn, embodies the odd, denaturalized gallic intensity of this play.

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