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mar⋅ga⋅rine

  [mahr-jer-in, -juh-reen, mahrj-rin]
–noun
a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
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Also called oleomargarine.

Origin:
1870–75; margar(ic) + -ine 2
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mar·ga·rine also mar·ga·rin   (mär'jər-ĭn)   
n.  A fatty solid butter substitute consisting of a blend of hydrogenated vegetable oils mixed with emulsifiers, vitamins, coloring matter, and other ingredients.

[French, from Greek margaron, pearl, probably back-formation from margarītēs; see margarite.]
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Word Origin & History

margarine 
1836 (margarin), a chemical term, "fatty substance obtained from animal and vegetable oil," from Fr. margarine, coined by Chevreul (1813) from (acide) margarique "margaric (acid)," lit. "pearly," from Gk. margarites (see Margaret). So called for the luster of the crystals. Now discarded as a chemical term, but preserved in margarine "butter substitute" (1873), invented 1869 by Fr. scientist Hippolyte Mège-Mouries and made in part from edible fats and oils.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mar·ga·rine
Pronunciation: 'märj-(&-)r&n, -&-"rEn
Function: noun
: a food product made usually from vegetable oilschurned with ripened skim milk to a smooth emulsion, often fortified with vitamins A and D, and used as a substitute for butter
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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