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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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