vegetaline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

vegetaline

Etymology

From vegetal + -ine.

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