Vegetaline
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A substitute for ivory, etc., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form. dated, uncountable
"It is called vegetaline, and it is nothing else than the oil extracted from copra (dried cocoanut), refined, and with all smell and taste neutralised by a patented process."
Example
More examples"It is called vegetaline, and it is nothing else than the oil extracted from copra (dried cocoanut), refined, and with all smell and taste neutralised by a patented process."
Etymology
From vegetal + -ine.
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