n. A traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South-East Asia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A coarse brown sugar obtained in India by evaporation of the fresh juice of various kinds of palm, as the jaggery-palm, the wild date-tree, the palmyra, and the cocoa. It is usually made in the form of small round cakes. Also called goor.
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n. unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Word Usage
"It does not matter if the jaggery is a large chunk, it will dissolve on boiling."