Vegemite
/ˈvɛdʒɪmʌɪt
/noun [mass noun] Australian /NZ trademark
A type of savoury spread made from concentrated yeast extract.Walker ran an Australia-wide competition to officially name his spread, the winning name was Vegemite and in 1923 Vegemite first graced grocers shelves....
- One food remains an Australian tradition - a black spread called Vegemite.
- In 1908, it became the Australian distributor of Marmite, a vegetable extract which became extremely popular and spawned an even more famous imitator in the 1920s, Vegemite.
Origin
1920s: from vegetable, on the pattern of Marmite.