tartaric
adjective
pertaining to or derived from tartar.
tartaric
American
[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-]
/ tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /
adjective
Tartaric
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British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
tartaric
2
British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
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If eaten, the tartaric acid in grapes or raisins may cause acute kidney disease.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
A transparency tab lists ingredients — organic grapes, sulfites, cream of tartar, tartaric acid, yeast, yeast nutrients and organic cane sugar for sparkling wine.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
These techniques include adding tartaric acid, not to make up for a deficiency but because the founders of Heitz believed that acidity rather than tannins was the key to long aging.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
William Astbury, J. D. Bernal and Kathleen Lonsdale worked at the Royal Institution in London under physicist and Nobel laureate William Henry Bragg, studying small molecules such as tartaric acid.
From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2019
Not unfrequently certain so-called “assistants” are employed in small amount along with the bichromate of potash—e.g. sulphuric acid, cream of tartar, tartaric acid, lactic acid, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Tartaric, citric, and lactic acids are used to lower the wine’s pH to be too acidic for bacteria or fungal growth.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 20, 2023
I identify the markers of specific natural products: Tartaric acid is a fingerprint compound for grapes in the Middle East, for example, while calcium oxalate points to the presence of barley beer.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2015
Tartaric acid occurs in large amounts only in grapes, and terebinth resin was a wine preservative used all over the ancient Near East up through Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of AGIB, who, amid Tartaric scenes,Wrote a lot of ballet music in his teens:His gentle spirit rollsIn the melody of souls—Which is pretty, but I don’t know what it means.
From The Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
Tartaric acid and citric acid also belong to the class of injurious chemicals.
From Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes by T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson
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