[ kwɔ:n ]
■ noun Brit. trademark a type of textured vegetable protein made from an edible fungus and used as a meat substitute.
Origin
1980s: the name of a former company in the Leicestershire village of ~don.
[ kwɔ:n ]
■ noun Brit. trademark a type of textured vegetable protein made from an edible fungus and used as a meat substitute.
Origin
1980s: the name of a former company in the Leicestershire village of ~don.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004