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Meaning of JAGGERY

Pronunciation:  'jaguree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
 
 Synonyms: jaggary, jagghery
 
 See Also: Arenga pinnata, carbohydrate, Cycas revoluta, gomuti, gomuti palm, saccharide, sago palm, sugar, sugar palm

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Jag"ger*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
that of the palmyra ({Borassus flabelliformis}). [Written
also {jagghery}.]
 

 

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