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oleomargarine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oleomargarine \O`le*o*mar"ga*rine\, n. [L. oleum oil + E. margarine, margarin.] [Written also {oleomargarin}.] 1. A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin. 2. An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk. Note: Oleomargarine was wrongly so named as it contains no margarin proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a mixture of palmitin and stearin having formerly been called margarin by mistake. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oleomargarine n : a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter [syn: {margarine}, {margarin}, {oleo}, {marge}]
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