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potassium acid tartrate

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cream of tartar

–noun
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C4H5KO6, used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals. Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate. Compare tartar (def. 3).

Origin:
1655–65
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