noun
Any of various hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as palm oil or cottonseed oil, having a semisolid or granular consistency, used especially in South Asian cooking.
Origin of vanaspati
Hindi short for vanaspati ghī vegetable ghee vanaspati vegetation, the vegetable kingdom ( from Sanskrit vanaspatih tree (literally, “lord of the wood”) ) ( vanas ) ( probably genitive singular of van- tree, wood ) (Avestan vanā- tree ) ( patih lord ; see poti- in Indo-European roots.) ghī ghee