jaggery

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jaggery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

jaggery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jaggery
      n 1: unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap [syn: jaggery,
           jagghery, jaggary]