Gal·lic a. Chem. Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
Gal·lic a. Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.
Gallic acid Chem., an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
Gal·lic a. Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
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Gallic
adj 1: of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic
dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
2: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
cooking"; "a gallic shrug" [syn: French]