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‖ illupi East Ind.|ˈɪluːpɪ|
Also illupie, illipe(e, illoopoo, ilpa, illupa.
[Tamil iluppai or iruppai, Malayālam iruppa.]
An evergreen tree, Bassia longifolia (familt Sapotaceæ), a native of Southern India. illupi oil, a fixed solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree. illipe butter, any of various vegetable fats.
1832H. Piddington Eng. Index Plants India 148 Illipee. 1842W. B. O'Shaughnessy Bengal Dispensatory, Illupei, Illupi. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Illipe Oil, Illoopoo Oil, a solid oil expressed from the seeds of Bassia longifolia. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 95/1 Ilpa oil, or Eloopei unnay,..is expressed from the seeds of the Illupie tree..that is..abundant in the Madras Presidency. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts, Illoopa oil..used in India for illuminating purposes, and for the manufacture of soap. 1904J. Lewkowitsch Oils, Fats, & Waxes (ed. 3) II. xiv. 702 The commercial fat is a mixture of Mowrah seed oil with Mahua butter or illipe butter, the fat from Bassia latifolia. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 47 Mahua butter, Illipé butter. 1951A. E. Bailey Industr. Oil & Fat Products (ed. 2) vi. 141 Mowrah fat, or illipé butter, which is obtained from the Indian plant Bassia longifolia, resembles shea butter in being relatively unsaturated, and correspondingly soft. |