Tannin Synonyms

Among other contents of the cell, fatty substances and tannin are known.

The bark of various Australian species, known as wattles, is also very rich in tannin and forms an important article of export.

The proteid matter combines with a part of the tannin in the wine, forming an insoluble tannate, and this gradually subsides to the bottom of the cask, dragging with it the mechanically suspended matters which are the main cause of the wine's turbidity.

Some wines, particularly those which lack acid or tannin, are very difficult to fine.

The wood contains no tannin, and for this reason quassia, like chiretta and calumba, may be preserved with iron.