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Dyeing ester
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gallate
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context inorganic chemistry English) Any oxoanion of gallium 2 (context chemistry English) any salt or ester of gallic acid
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gallate may refer to gallic acid salt , a salt or ester of gallic acid gallium salt , a salt containing oxyanions of gallium
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallate \Gal"late\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. gallate. See Gall gallnut.] (Chem.) A salt of gallic acid.
Usage examples of gallate.
Contrary to the general opinion it contains no iron, except frequently accidental traces, and after its appearance in Greece in the third century, it formed almost exclusively the ink of the ancient manuscripts, until displaced by the gallate inks, said to have been introduced by the Arabians.