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oleomargarine

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o·le·o·mar·ga·rine  (l--märj-rn, -rn)
n.
Margarine.

oleomargarine [ˌəʊlɪəʊˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn], oleomargarin [ˌəʊlɪəʊˈmɑːdʒərɪn]
n
(Cookery) other names (esp US) for margarine
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Noun1.oleomargarine - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butteroleomargarine - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
stick - a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
paste, spread - a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
trans fatty acid - a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
Translations
oleomargarine
n (esp US) → Margarine f


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This old school nutritional view is standard practice in human hospitals as well where official dieticians feed diseased and metabolically starved patients a fare of jello, instant potatoes, powdered eggs, white flour rolls and oleomargarine because their charts say such diets contain the correct percentages of certain nutrients.
27 (1904) (upholding tax rate on yellow oleomargarine that was forty times the tax rate on white oleomargarine)).
 
 
 
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