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Vegemite /ˈvɛdʒɪmʌɪt /noun [mass noun] Australian / NZ trademarkA 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. |