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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tan·nic /ˈtænɪk/
 (a.)丹寧的,得自鞣革的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tan·nic a. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tannic
      adj : derived from, or resembling, tan or tannin