vegetable tallow

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of various waxy fats obtained from certain plants, such as the bayberry, and used in making soap and candles.
2. n. See Chinese tallow tree.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow