“cream of”

The following 3 entries include the term cream of.

cream of tartar

noun phrase

: a white crystalline salt C4H5KO6 used especially in baking powder and in certain treatments of metals

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cream of lime

: a scum of calcium carbonate formed on a solution of milk of lime by combination with the carbon dioxide of the air

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cream-of-tartar tree

noun

: a desert tree (Adansonia gregorii) of northern Australia that produces an agreeably acid fruit

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