In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MARGARIN
margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge
(noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
margarin, glycerol trimargarate
(noun) a glyceryl ester of margaric acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
margarin (countable and uncountable, plural margarins)
Archaic form of margarine.
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"ga*rin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. margarine. See Margarite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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