Margarine

[,mɑːdʒə'riːn;'mɑːgəriːn] or ['mɑrdʒərən]

Definition

(noun.) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.

Inputed by Celia--From WordNet

Definition

n. the solid ingredient of human fat olive-oil &c.—so called from its pearly lustre: oleo-margarine or imitation butter (see under Olein).—adj. Margar′ic.—n. Mar′garite one of the brittle micas.

Edited by Cecilia