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açúcar mascavo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jaggery noun An unrefined, dark brown sugar made by boiling down palm or sugarcane sap, common in South and Southeast Asian cooking.

Senses

açúcar mascavo is used for these senses in English:

  • brown sugar Sugar which has been only partially refined and still contains molasses.
  • jaggery A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.

Related Portuguese words