lemon-kali

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A mixture of potassium bicarbonate with lemon-juice. In the form of a powder, the bicarbonate strongly flavored with lemon.
2. n. A mixture of bicarbonate of potash with citric acid (originally obtained from lemon- or lime-juice), both in powder and flavored with a little oil of lemon. On addition of water it effervesces from escape of carbon-dioxid gas and produces a drink of mildly laxative effect. See lemon-kali, 1.