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[muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah-] 
mus⋅co⋅va⋅do
[muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah-] –noun
| raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. |
Also, muscavado.
Origin:
1635–45; (< Sp (azúcar) mascabado) < Pg (açúcar) mascavado, ptp. of mascavar to separate raw sugar, earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar to belittle, detract from, c. Sp menoscabar to diminish, reduce < VL *minuscapāre, equiv. to L minus smaller, less (see minus ) + VL *-capāre, deriv. of *capum, for L caput head; cf. achieve, mischief
1635–45; (< Sp (azúcar) mascabado) < Pg (açúcar) mascavado, ptp. of mascavar to separate raw sugar, earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar to belittle, detract from, c. Sp menoscabar to diminish, reduce < VL *minuscapāre, equiv. to L minus smaller, less (see minus ) + VL *-capāre, deriv. of *capum, for L caput head; cf. achieve, mischief
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Muscovado
Mus`co*va"do\, a. [Corrupted fr. Sp. mascabado; cf. Pg. mascavado, F. moscouade, n., formerly also mascovade, It. mascavato.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.
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Muscovado
Mus`co*va"do\, n. Unrefined or raw sugar.
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