Found 2 items, similar to oleomargarine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oleomargarine oleomargarine n : a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter [syn: margarine, margarin, oleo, marge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: oleomargarine Margarine \Mar"ga*rine\ (m[aum]r"j[u^]*r[i^]n; m[aum]r`j[u^]*r[=e]n"), n. [F.; see margarin.] 1. A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not. --Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Margarin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]