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Six example sentences with acidulous, each labelled with its topic.
A spoonful of the acidulous plum paste cuts through the fat of the roast better than any squeeze of lemon.
Cooking
Street vendors sell an acidulous green mango with salt, and the first bite makes every tourist's eyes water.
Travel
The recovery drink is unpleasantly acidulous, and half the squad rinses it down with water before the taste settles.
Fitness
Sea buckthorn berries are so acidulous that few birds eat them until frost has softened the taste.
Environment
Roman soldiers drank posca, an acidulous mix of vinegar and water that kept far better than plain water on the march.
History
Unripe fruit tastes acidulous because the acids that dominate early ripening fall away only as the sugars build up.
Science
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