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gall-nut ink in Portuguese

gall-nut ink in Portuguese is tinta ferrogálica, tinta metalogálica.

gall-nut ink in Portuguese

tinta ferrogálica
noun
acid blue-to-black ink, blue or purple when fresh, but turning intense black from iron oxidation, containing iron ions and tannic acids obtained from crushed gall-nuts and a solution of gum, or glue, and copperas, slowly replaced carbon ink and used from late antiquity to 20th century
tinta metalogálica
noun
acid blue-to-black ink, blue or purple when fresh, but turning intense black from iron oxidation, containing iron ions and tannic acids obtained from crushed gall-nuts and a solution of gum, or glue, and copperas, slowly replaced carbon ink and used from late antiquity to 20th century
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What is "gall-nut ink" in Portuguese?
"gall-nut ink" in Portuguese is tinta ferrogálica, tinta metalogálica.
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