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JAGGERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
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Hypernyms ("jaggery" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("jaggery" is a substance of...):
Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)
Arenga pinnata; gomuti; gomuti palm; sugar palm (Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago)