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Definition of Cream-of-tartar tree

1. Noun. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cream-of-tartar Tree

Literary usage of Cream-of-tartar tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Baobab, Monkey-bread tree, Sour-gourd tree, cream-of-tartar tree. ... and also known as monkey-bread, cream of tartar tree, and sour-gourd tree. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"The " cream of tartar tree " is stated in the text books to be Adansonia Gre- garii, a native of North Australia, ..."

3. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1868)
"Cream of Tartar tree is derived from Krem tart boom, the name given by the Boers to the African tree. The Gouty Stem tree is known to botanists as Adansonia ..."

4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Other names of this tree are the Si>ur-gourd, and the cream-of-tartar tree. 1846. JL Stokes, ' Discovery in Australia,' vol. II. c. iii. p. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"As it is also called ' sour gourd ' and cream-of-tartar tree, the curdling is probably due to an acid ; and other vegetable acids are also known to be so ..."

6. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Baobab, Monkey-bread tree, Sour-gourd tree, cream-of-tartar tree. ... and also known as monkey-bread, cream of tartar tree, and sour-gourd tree. ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"The " cream of tartar tree " is stated in the text books to be Adansonia Gre- garii, a native of North Australia, ..."

8. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1868)
"Cream of Tartar tree is derived from Krem tart boom, the name given by the Boers to the African tree. The Gouty Stem tree is known to botanists as Adansonia ..."

9. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Other names of this tree are the Si>ur-gourd, and the cream-of-tartar tree. 1846. JL Stokes, ' Discovery in Australia,' vol. II. c. iii. p. ..."

10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"As it is also called ' sour gourd ' and cream-of-tartar tree, the curdling is probably due to an acid ; and other vegetable acids are also known to be so ..."

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