Tartronic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tartronic \Tar*tron"ic\, a. [Tartro- + malonic.] (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called
     also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic
     acid, as a white crystalline substance.
     [1913 Webster]