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margarine

mar.ga.rine \'ma:rj-(*-)r*n, -*-.re-n\ n [F, fr. Gk margaron pearl] : a 
   food product made from usu. vegetable oils churned with ripened skim m ilk 
   to a plastic consistency, often fortified with vitamins A and D, and used 
   as a spread and as a cooking fat