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jaggery
[ jag-uh-ree ]
noun
- a coarse, dark sugar, especially that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.
jaggery
/ ˈdʒæɡərɪ /
noun
- a coarse brown sugar made in the East Indies from the sap of the date palm
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jaggery1
C16: from Hindi jāgrī; compare Sanskrit sárkarā gritty substance, sugar
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Example Sentences
One natural farming method calls for replacing all chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic matter such as cow dung, cow urine and jaggery, a type of solid dark sugar made from sugarcane, to boost soil nutrient levels.
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A kind of a sugar called “jaggery” is also obtained from the cocoanut juice.
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Her dietary includes jaggery (crude sugar) and milk and plantains.
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He answers his question by drinking some of the conjee, and eating a little jaggery.
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There are high hopes of feasts of cocoanuts and jaggery, beef and boiled rice.
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Before anointing, the people about to do it must present a cocoanut and jaggery.
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