oleo

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The key is oleo saccharum, which sounds like an ingredient from a laboratory, but is really just a process that pulls essential oils from citrus using sugar.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020

But that hope might be oleo, a poor substitute.

From Time • May 13, 2013

The dairy lobby had persuaded most states to forbid or restrict the sale of colored oleo; it had prodded Congress in 1902 to impose a 10�-a-pound tax on the colored product.

From Time Magazine Archive

Congressman Harold Knutson wrathfully contemplated the spectacle of city Republicans working for oleo with Southern Democrats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Too tired to mix the saffron-colored powder into the hard cake of oleo, she simply smeared the white stuff on the bread and sprinkled the sugar over it.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison