Tartary
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tartary
1350–1400; Middle English Tartarye < Middle French Tartarie < Medieval Latin Tartaria. See tartar, -y 3
Example Sentences
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When a similar coup takes place in nearby Crim Tartary, little Princess Rosalba flees into the forest, where she is raised by lions.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2018
As shaggy as the mythical Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, willow buds emerge covered in dense woolly fur, as soft as a kitten’s paws.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, bearing resemblance to a woolly fern.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2013
As Food Week comes to an end here at SciAmBlogs, I thought it important to consider that which sits on the precipice of the animal and the vegetable: The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2013
"You knew him yesterday as His Serene Transparency, to-day Don Inscrutable Furioso of Grim Tartary; smokes like a chimney, and won't say a word."
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
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