Succedaneous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Succedaneous \Suc`ce*da"ne*ous\, a. [L. succedaneus. See
     {Succeed}.]
     Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the
     place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute
     for another. --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]