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JAGGHERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

Synonyms:

jaggary; jaggery; jagghery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("jagghery" is a kind of...):

carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)

Holonyms ("jagghery" is a substance of...):

Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)

Arenga pinnata; gomuti; gomuti palm; sugar palm (Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago)

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