Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
derived from tannin;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tannic \Tan"nic\, a.
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan;
as, tannic acid.
[1913 Webster]
Tannic acid. (Chem.)
(a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous
substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and
forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which
is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and
gallotannic acid.
(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent
substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused
through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow,
catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tannic
adj 1: derived from tannin