rufigallic acid

English

Etymology

rufi(opin) + gallic acid

Noun

rufigallic acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) An acid obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, related to rufiopin and anthracene.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rufigallic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)