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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tartaric
 (a.)酒石的,似酒石的,含有酒石的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tar·ta·ri·an Tar·tar·ic a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
 Tartarian lamb Bot., Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tartaric
      adj : relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric
            acid"