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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 margarin
 人造奶油

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mar·ga·rin n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 margarin
      n 1: a glyceryl ester of margaric acid [syn: glycerol
            trimargarate]
      2: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
         substitute for butter [syn: margarine, oleo, oleomargarine,
          marge]