'Tartaric' definitions:
Definition of 'tartaric'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric acid"
Definition of 'Tartaric'
From: GCIDE
- Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars. [1913 Webster]
- Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tartaric'
From: GCIDE
- Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Tartaric'
- Tartar,
- Tartarated,
- Tartareous,
- Tartarize,
- Tartarized,
- Tartarizing,
- Tartarous,
- Cream of tartar,
- Salt of tartar,
- Stibiated tartar,
- Tartar emetic,
- Tartaric acid,
- Tartarized antimony,
- To catch a tartar,
- steak tartare,
- tartar sauce,
- tartar steak,
- tartare sauce,
- Cream of tartar bread,
- inactive tartaric acid,
- cream-of-tartar tree,
- dextro-tartaric acid