Jaggery

2 definitions found

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

  Jaggery \Jag"ger*y\ (j[a^]g"g[~e]r*[y^]), n. [Hind
     j[=a]gr[imac]. 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}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jaggery
       n : unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: {jagghery}, {jaggary}]