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tartaric

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Adjective
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tar=tar=ic
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective tartaric has 1 sense

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CIDE DICTIONARY
tartaric, a. 
     Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.  [1913 Webster]
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
tartaric, a. 
     Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.  [1913 Webster]
Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
tartaric, adj. Chem. of or produced from tartar.

Idiom
tartaric acid a natural carboxylic acid found esp. in unripe grapes, used in baking powders and as a food additive.
Etymology
F tartarique f. med.L tartarum: see TARTAR
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