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nouna glyceryl ester of margaric acid
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nouna spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
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Definition that contains margarin
- stick a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- oleo oil obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication
- polyunsaturated fat a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol
- 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
- elaidic acid a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods