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Ellagic
El-lag′ic
,Adj.
[F., fr.
galle
gall (with the letters reversed).] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid;
as,
. ellagic
acidEllagic acid
(Chem.)
, a white crystalline substance,
C14H8O9
, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.