oleo

Example Sentences

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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

But they got potent allies when oleo manufacturers began making their product from the oils of cottonseed and soybeans�raised in the southern and midwestern states.

From Time Magazine Archive

They cried that oleo was full of worms and that its natural color was tattletale grey.

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