margarin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: margarin	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
margarin n a glyceryl ester of margaric acid [syn: margarin, glycerol trimargarate] a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter Synonym(s): margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge
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.