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jag⋅ger⋅y

  [jag-uh-ree]
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–noun
a coarse, dark sugar, esp. that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Pg (of India) jágara, jagre < Malayalam chakkara < Skt śarkarā sugar
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jag·ger·y   (jāg'ə-rē)   
n.  Unrefined sugar made from palm sap.

[Portuguese dialectal jágara, probably from Malayalam śarkkara, from Sanskrit śarkarā, sugar, grit.]
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