Definition of jaggery Jaggery

jag•ger•y

We found 5 definitions of jaggery from 5 different sources.

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What does jaggery mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: jaggeries

jaggery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
  jagghery, jaggary
  carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
  cycas revoluta, sago palm dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • jaggery (n.)
    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).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • jaggery
    jag′ėr-i, n. a kind of coarse, dark-coloured sugar made in the East Indies from the sap of the coco-nut palm. [Hind. shakkar, Sans. çarkara.]

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