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tartrate definition

tar·trate (tär′trāt′)

noun

  1. a salt of tartaric acid containing the divalent, negative radical CHO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Etymology: Fr < tartre, tartar + -ate, -ate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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