margarin
nounA peculiar pearl-like substance extracted from hogs’ lard; the solid fatty matter of certain vegetable oils. The purest margarin is obtained from the concrete part of olive-oil. It is a mixture of stearin and palmatin.
nounA 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.
nounArchaic form of
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
nouna glyceryl ester of margaric acid
