butyraceous

[byoo-tuh-rey-shuhs]

adjective

1. of the nature of, resembling, or containing butter.

butyraceous

/ ˌbjuːtɪˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, containing, or resembling butter

Word History and Origins

Origin of butyraceous¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin būtȳr(um) butter + -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of butyraceous¹

C17 butyr- , from Latin būtyrum _butter + _-aceous

Example Sentences

When the heavier hydrocarbons begin to come over the receiver is changed and the butyraceous distillate is filtered through a long column of well dried animal charcoal.

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The butyraceous gold in tubs and huge lumps displayed in these stalls looks as though it was precipitated from milk squeezed from Channel Island cows, those fawn-colored, fairest of dairy animals.

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L. E. D.—In distillation with water, it yields a small portion of a butyraceous oil, whose flavour exactly resembles that of the roses.

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The butyraceous oil produced by the distillation of roses for making rose-water in this country is valueless as a perfume; and the real otto was scarcely known in British commerce before the present century.

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Related Words

• buttery 
• creamy 
• oiled 
• slippery 
• waxy