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margarin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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