• (n.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/margarin/
Mar'ga·rin noun [ Confer French margarine . See Margarite .] (Physiol. Chem.) 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 t... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/23