| tartro- | <chemistry, prefix> A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives. (29 Oct 1998) |
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| tartronate | <chemistry> A salt of tartronic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartronic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance. Origin: Tartro- + malonic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartronyl | <chemistry> A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives. Origin: Tartronic + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartrovinic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid. Origin: Tartro- + vinic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartuffish | Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartufish | Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tarweed | <botany> A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, especially. To the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |