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tartareous

tartareous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tartarean  \Tar*ta"re*an\,  Tartareous  \Tar*ta"re*ous\,  a.  [L. 
  tartareus:  cf  F.  tartar['e]en.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Tartarus;  hellish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tartareous  \Tar*ta"re*ous\,  a.  [Cf.  1st  {Tartarous}.] 
  1.  Consisting  of  tartar;  of  the  nature  of  tartar. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Having  the  surface  rough  and  crumbling;  as  many 
  lichens  are  tartareous.