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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
{Tartarian lamb} (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See {Barometz}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from or resembling,
tartar.
{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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tartaric
adj : relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric
acid"
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