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noun
A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
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History
Coined by John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor, and used as a brand name by the Sanitas Nut Food Company, Battle Creek Foods, and Worthington Foods. Apparently from protein + -ose.
