vegetan

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noun

Vegetable-tanned leather, typically cow skin tanned using plant-derived tannins rather than chemicals.

“Vegetan is a stiffer leather that takes tooling very well, but it is easily damaged by water without further treatment.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. Vegetable-tanned leather, typically cow skin tanned using plant-derived tannins rather than chemicals.

    Vegetan is a stiffer leather that takes tooling very well, but it is easily damaged by water without further treatment.

  2. A synthetic microfibre, intended to be used as a vegan substitute for leather.

    Today, its shoes are made from 'vegetan' and chrome-free leather (chrome is usually used in the dyeing process) for the uppers,

    2006, "Eco hero: Galahad Clark", Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 12, 2006

Origin

Blend of vegetable + tan.

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Cite this entry
APA

vegetan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetan

MLA

“vegetan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vegetan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetan.

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