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Webster 1913 Edition
Margarin
Mar′ga-rin
,Noun.
[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 tripalmitin.