Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Margarin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Margarin \Mar"ga*rin\, n. [Cf. F. margarine. See {Margarite}.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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 teipalmitin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
margarin
n 1: a glyceryl ester of margaric acid [syn: {glycerol
trimargarate}]
2: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
substitute for butter [syn: {margarine}, {oleo}, {oleomargarine},
{marge}]
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