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Definition of Gallic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls. "The Gallic Wars"

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France. "A Gallic shrug"

Definition of Gallic

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.

2. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.

3. a. Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.

Definition of Gallic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Gaul or France. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from galls ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to gallic acid or its derivatives ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gallic

1. containing gallium [adj]

Medical Definition of Gallic

1. Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. Origin: From Gallium. Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. Gallic acid, 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, 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 colour with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. Structure: C6H2(HO)3.CO2H Origin: From Gall the excrescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallic

galley galley-bird galley-worm galley proof galley slave galley slaves galleys gallflies gallfly galliard

galliardise galliardness galliards gallic gallic acid gallica gallican gallicanism gallicas gallicise

gallicised gallicises gallicising gallicism gallicisms gallicization gallicizations gallicize

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