Definitions for jaggeryˈdʒæg ə ri
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jag•ger•yˈdʒæg ə ri(n.)
a coarse, dark sugar, esp. that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.
Category: Indian (India)
Origin of jaggery:
1590–1600; < Pg (of India) jágara, jagre < Malayalam chakkara < Skt śarkarāsugar
Princeton's WordNet
jaggery, jagghery, jaggary(noun)
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Wiktionary
jaggery(Noun)
A traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South-East Asia.
Webster Dictionary
Jaggery(noun)
raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis)
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