brown sugar

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brown sugar

1. Unrefined or incompletely refined sugar that still retains some molasses, which gives it a brownish color.

2. A commercial product made by the addition of molasses to white sugar.

brown sugar

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) sugar that is unrefined or only partially refined

brown sugar, brown rice - Brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined; brown rice is unpolished with only the husk removed.

See also related terms for husk.

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Noun

brown sugar - unrefined or only partly refined sugar

demerara sugar, demerara - light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana

refined sugar, sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

Translations

brown sugar n → zucchero greggio

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