tartaric acid

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

Noun

tartaric acid (countable and uncountable, plural tartaric acids)

  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.

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