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protose

The English word “protose” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.

Etymology

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.

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