vegetable butter

American  

noun

1. any of various fixed vegetable fats resembling butter in consistency, as cocoa butter.

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vegetable butter British  

noun

1. any of a group of vegetable fats having the consistency of butter

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Etymology

Origin of vegetable butter

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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vegetable butter

On leaving the hut, I noticed to our left a magnificent avocado pear-tree—Persea gratissima—the fruit of which yields a pulp called "vegetable butter."

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Parker Gillmore

The people were everywhere employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea-trees, from which they prepare the vegetable butter, mentioned in a former part of this work.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

I cut off one then, and looking at Jack nodded, proceeded to peel it, and enjoyed the new sweet vegetable butter, flavoured with pear and honey, for the first time in my life.

From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Gordon Browne

Vege-butter is a vegetable butter, made from the oil which is extracted from cocoanuts and clarified.

From Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes by T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson

The people were everywhere employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees, from which they prepare the vegetable butter, mentioned in former parts of this work.

From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Mungo Park