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Preferred term

Tallow  

Definition

  • The hard fatty suet of such animals as sheep, goats, and cattle, melted away from the fibrous and membraneous tissue that occur naturally with it, employed in such uses as candlemaking and soap making. [AAT]

Broader concept

Notation

  • 122571

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-BK8BTTTR-Q

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