tartaric
adjective
pertaining to or derived from tartar.
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tartaric
American
[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-]
/ tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /
adjective
Tartaric
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British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
tartaric
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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
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
Actually it's hard to imagine too much acid in a Riesling . . . the more the merrier, as long as it's all tartaric.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
Grapes are the only fruit in the Georgian mountain region that produce tartaric acid, McGovern said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2017
This led Thomson to the view that in sugar, tartaric acid, quartz, etc., the turning is due to the structure of the substance, and in the magnetic field to rotation already existing in the medium.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
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
Tartaric acid is generally used by commercial candy makers, but is much more injurious to health.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Tartaric acid: A vegetable acid which exists in the grape.
From American Woman's Home by Catharine Esther Beecher
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