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tartaric |
3 definitions found 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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