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/jag"euh ree/, n.a coarse, dark sugar, esp. that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.[1590-1600; < Pg (of India) jágara, jagre < Malayalam chakkara < Skt sarkara SUGAR]
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Jaggery — (also transliterated as jaggeree ) is a traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South East Asia.OriginsThough the word jaggery is used for the products of both sugarcane and the date palm tree, technically, the word refers solely to … Wikipedia
Jaggery — Jag ger*y (j[a^]g g[ e]r*[y^]), n. [Hind j[=a]gr[=i]. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jaggery — (spr. dschäggeri), der Zucker der Kokospalme … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
jaggery — [jag′ər ē] n. [Anglo Ind < Hindi jāgri < Sans śarkarā,SUGAR] a dark, crude sugar from the sap of certain palm trees … English World dictionary
Jaggery — Ein Block indischer Jaggery Jaggery Präparation Jaggery (auch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jaggery — Bloc de jaggery Le jaggery ou gur est un sucre non raffiné. Il est préparé en chauffant du vesou ou du sirop de palme pour le faire réduire puis solidifier. Le jaggery est utilisé en Inde, au Pakistan et au Sri Lanka aussi bien dans des plats… … Wikipédia en Français
Jaggery palm — Jag ger*y palm An East Indian palm ({Caryota urens}) having leaves pinnate with wedge shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jaggery palm — noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago • Syn: ↑wine palm, ↑kitul, ↑kittul, ↑kitul tree, ↑toddy palm, ↑Caryota urens • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jaggery palm — aitrioji kariota statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos krakmolinis, pluoštinis augalas (Caryota urens), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. Naudojamas gėrimams ir saldikliams gaminti. atitikmenys: lot. Caryota urens angl. fishtail palm;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
jaggery — noun Etymology: Portuguese jágara, probably from Malayalam chakkara sugar Date: 1631 an unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap … New Collegiate Dictionary
