mellorinen.
/ˈmɛləriːn/, U.S. /ˈmɛləˌrin/ U.S.
A frozen dessert intended as a substitute for ice cream, containing vegetable or animal fat rather than, or in greater quantity than, butterfat.
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1953 Frederick (Maryland) Post 28 Feb. 7/1 One company conducted a blindfold taste, and most people picked out the mellorine as ice cream. It can be made in all flavors and served any way you serve ice cream.
1970 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 29 July 32/4 Striking increases in ice cream sales are expected..but this category includes lower-calorie products such as ice milk, sherbet and mellorine.
2001 Filipino Express (Electronic ed.) 2 Sept. 15 Is there anything wrong with eating and enjoying mellorine? None at all, as long as you know that you are buying mellorine and not ice cream.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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