Category:Oleomargarine

O`le*o*mar"ga*rine, n. Etym: [l. oleum oil + e. margarine, margarin.] [written also oleomargarin.]

1. A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating The greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little Stearin.

2. An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less Milk.

Note: oleomargarine was wrongly so named, as it contains no margarin Proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a mixture of palmitin and Stearin having formerly been called margarin by mistake.