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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) A substitute for ivory, etc., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form..
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.
Since the warm solns. of Na soaps form gels upon cooling, even in diln. of 1:400, only K soaps can be used, best made from vegetaline, a com. form of coconut oil.
A company in Spain desires to purchase vegetaline, fusion point to be 36 to 38 degrees centigrade. The vegetaline must be guaranteed free of mineral or animal fats, and contain only vegetable oils, not including copra oil.
Use vegetaline when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vegetaline means (dated) A substitute for ivory, etc., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form..
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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.
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