Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tartar_emetic

1 sense of tartar emetic

Sense 1
tartar emetic, antimony potassium tartrate -- (a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine)
       => mordant -- (a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process)
       => tartrate -- (a salt or ester of tartaric acid)