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Jaggery
Jag′ger-y
(jăg′gẽr-y̆)
, Noun.
[Hind
jāgrī
. Cf. Sugar
.] Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically those of the
palmyra
(Borassus flabelliformis
) and jaggery palm
(Caryota urens
). [Written also
jagghery
and jaggary
.] Definition 2024
jaggery
jaggery
English
Jaggery.
Noun
jaggery (plural jaggeries)
- A traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South-East Asia.
- A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane.
Translations
traditional unrefined sugar
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