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oleo

[oh-lee-oh] / ˈoʊ liˌoʊ /
NOUN
butter
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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

In 1935, spread was 17.1 Ibs. for butter, only 3 lbs. for oleo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buttermakers thought that Congress had picked the worst possible time to repeal oleo taxes, for butter prices have been slipping and surpluses mounting.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was slightly better food—at midday, a bowl of real soup, perhaps a slice of vegetable, and at the end of the night shift, bread with oleo.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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