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OAK TANBARK [2 records]

Record 1 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Agriculture - General
  • Food Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Preparation of Leather and Leather Articles
DEF

Bark of certain oak species, used as a source of vegetable tannins.

OBS

Tannins occur normally in the roots, wood, bark, leaves, and fruit of many plants, particularly in the bark of oak species and in sumac and myrobalan.

OBS

The usual method of preparation involves breaking or crushing the bark or gallnuts into small pieces; these are then washed and boiled with water until the tannin has been extracted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Préparation des cuirs et des objets en cuir
DEF

Écorce de chêne pulvérisée utilisée pour la préparation des cuirs.

OBS

Les tanins [...] peuvent être extraits d'écorces (chêne, palétuvier, etc.), de bois (châtaignier, chêne [...] de racines [...] de feuilles [...] de fruits [...] On obtient le tanin par épuisement à l'eau de ces matières tannantes végétales [...]

Spanish

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