Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar. / (botany) Having a rough, crumbly surface.

(obsolete, medicine) Treatment with tartar emetic, especially as a treatment for syphilis.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.

tartarated

Treated or mixed with tartaric acid or a tartrate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tartarize

present participle of tartarize

(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.

Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartarian.

Alternative spelling of Tatar / A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus. / (figuratively, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.