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"Tartar" Definition

noun

A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.
Dentistry A hard yellowish deposit on the teeth, consisting of organic secretions and food particles deposited in various salts, such as calcium carbonate. Also called calculus.
A substance consisting essentially of cream of tartar that is derived from the juice of grapes and deposited in wine casks together with yeast and other suspended matters as a pale or dark reddish crust or sediment.
A recrystallized product yielding cream of tartar on further purification.
An incrustation on the teeth consisting of plaque that has become hardened by the deposition of mineral salts (as calcium carbonate).

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