单词 | vegetable tallow |
释义 | > as lemmasvegetable tallow vegetable tallow n. any of various tallow-like substances obtained from plants; esp. that obtained from the Chinese tallow tree, Triadica sebifera (formerly of the genus Stillingia). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > derived from plants vegetable tallow1750 palmin1833 1750 Wonders Nature & Art III. 114 The Chinese make candles of them, which would doubtless be as good as ours in Europe, if they knew how to purify their vegetable tallow. 1847 Times 29 Dec. 3/3 A parcel of an article called vegetable tallow has recently been imported into the port of Liverpool by a vessel arrived from Shanghae, China. 1901 Success with Flowers Jan. 87/2 The idea of vegetable tallow was comparatively new in this country when specimens of the vegetable tallow tree were brought from China..and planted in South Carolina. 2000 Amer. Midland Naturalist 144 203 The seeds are surrounded by a white aril of vegetable tallow which is high in protein, fatty acids and several classes of lipids. < as lemmas |
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