Definitions for: Margarin

[n] a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
[n] a glyceryl ester of margaric acid

Webster (1913) Definition: Mar"ga*rin, n. [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 teipalmitin.

Synonyms: glycerol trimargarate, margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine

See Also: glyceryl ester, paste, spread, trans fatty acid, vegetable oil

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