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Galam butter [f. Galam, a formerly French district on the Senegal.] (See quots.)
1855Ogilvie, Supp., Galane [sic] butter, a solid oil or fat obtained from a plant of the genus Bassia, the B. butyracea. 1857Henfrey Bot. 354 Another species [of Bassia] in Africa is said to yield the Shea or Galam butter mentioned by travellers. 1873Hooker Gen. Syst. Bot. 536 From the seeds of Bassia butyracea, in India, and of B. Parkii, in Senegal a fixed oil is expressed (Galam Butter), which quickly curdles, and is much used as food. |