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Meaning of tartar

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tartar
      n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: {cream of
           tartar}, {tartar}, {potassium bitartrate}, {potassium
           hydrogen tartrate}]
      2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: {dragon},
         {tartar}]
      3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded
         Russia in the 13th century [syn: {Tatar}, {Tartar}, {Mongol
         Tatar}]
      4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn:
         {tartar}, {calculus}, {tophus}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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