jag·ger·y (j g  -r )n. Unrefined sugar made from palm sap. [Portuguese dialectal jágara, probably from Malayalam  arkkara, from Sanskrit arkar , sugar, grit.] |
jaggery, jaggary, jagghery [ˈdʒægərɪ]
n
(Cookery) a coarse brown sugar made in the East Indies from the sap of the date palm
[from Hindi jāgrī; compare Sanskrit sárkarā gritty substance, sugar]
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| Noun | 1. | jaggery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap Cycas revoluta, sago palm - dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago Arenga pinnata, gomuti, gomuti palm, sugar palm - Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain |
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