caffetannic acid

noun

A supposed compound found in coffee beans, once thought to be a kind of tannin obtained from coffee beans, now regarded as a mixture of chlorogenic acid and other stuff.

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Meanings

nouncaffetannic acid (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablebiochemistryA supposed compound found in coffee beans, once thought to be a kind of tannin obtained from coffee beans, now regarded as a mixture of chlorogenic acid and other stuff.

Origin

caffeic + tannic + acid.

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