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jaggery

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jaggery /ˈdʒaɡ(ə)ri /
noun [mass noun] a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation of the sap of palm trees.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from Portuguese xagara, jag(a)ra, from Malayalam cakkarā, from Sanskrit śarkarā sugar.