tartaric acid

1. 1.

   an acid found in many fruits; used in soft drinks and confectionery and baking powder

   Broaderhydroxy acid

   Narrowerracemic acid

Questions about tartaric acid

What does tartaric acid mean?

tartaric acid means "an acid found in many fruits; used in soft drinks and confectionery and baking powder".

Is tartaric acid a common word?

tartaric acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.