vanaspatin.
/vəˈnʌspəti/ A vegetable ghee used in India. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > vegetable oil or margarine
palm oil1625
vegetable oil1651
butter of mace1694
Negro-oil1753
sunflower oil1768
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vegetable butter1790
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winter oil1811
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red palm oil1836
butter oil1844
shea butter1847
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vegetable lard1859
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vegetable shortening1892
Nucoline1894
almond butter1895
nut butter1896
Nutter1906
marge1919
Maggie Ann1931
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
maggie1971
canola oil1982
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
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alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
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alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
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rape1641
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rapeseed oil1652
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spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
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tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
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cajuput oil1832
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picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
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cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
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mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
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tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
1949 Food Manuf. XXIV. 500/2 On account of the shortage of butterfat in India, the consumption of hydrogenated oils, known locally as vanaspatis, has recently been greatly increased.
1969 National Herald (New Delhi) 29 July 9/3 Oils and seeds sought lower levels following fears of nationalization of the vanaspati industry.
1973 Indian Express (Bombay) 29 Oct. 4/5 Several temples used vanaspati instead of ghee to keep the lamps before the deities burning.
1979 Eastern Economist 14 Sept. 534/1 Ensuring price stability as well as availability of vanaspati.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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