Muscovado

2 definitions found

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

  Muscovado \Mus`co*va"do\, a. [Corrupted fr. Sp. mascabado; cf.
     Pg. mascavado, F. moscouade, n., formerly also mascovade, It.
     mascavato.]
     Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar,
     obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and
     draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains


     impurities which render it dark colored and moist.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Muscovado \Mus`co*va"do\, n.
     Unrefined or raw sugar.
     [1913 Webster]