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margarin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun margarin has 2 senses
- margarin(n = noun.substance) glycerol trimargarate - a glyceryl ester of margaric acid; Array is a kind of glyceryl ester
- margarin(n = noun.food) margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter; Array has particulars: stick
is a kind of paste, spread
CIDE DICTIONARY
margarin, n. [Cf. F. margarine. See Margarite.].
A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and tripalmitin. [1913 Webster]
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