Ellagic
Ellagic , adjective
[French, from galle gall (with the letters reversed).]
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
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Ellagic acid (Chemistry) , a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.