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JAGGERY
jaggery, jagghery, jaggary
(noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jaggery (countable and uncountable, plural jaggeries)
A traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South-East Asia.
A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane.
Source: Wiktionary
Jag"ger*y, n. Etym: [Hind jagri. Cf. Sugar.]
Definition: 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). [Written also jagghery.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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