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vanaspati
van·as·pa·ti [ və náspətee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
hydrogenated vegetable oil: a hydrogenated vegetable oil commonly used in South Asian cooking instead of butter
[Mid-20th century. < Sanskrit vanas-pati "lord of the plants"]
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