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

Even in the U. S. last year's high butter prices caused a rise in oleo production from 263,000,000 lb. in 1934 to 379,000,000 lb. in 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the House debated repeal of federal oleo taxes last week, party lines snapped like serpentin in a gale; the sulphurous debate grew reminiscent of argument in a waterfront saloon.

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