vegetable black
noun
1
: a fine lampblack made by the combustion of vegetable oils
2
: any of various black pigments resembling lampblacks but made by charring vegetable matter (as vine twigs, willow wood, or wood-pulp waste) and used chiefly in printing inks, cements, and mortars compare carbon black, vine black
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“Vegetable black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetable%20black. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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