vegetaline

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A substitute for ivory, etc., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form. dated,uncountable
    — 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.

词源

From vegetal + -ine.
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