palm sugar

noun

sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.

Origin of palm sugar

First recorded in 1865–70

Words Nearby palm sugar

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How to use palm sugar in a sentence

The only medicine administered to her during the period is a mixture of pepper, dried ginger, and palm sugar mixed with toddy.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
Palm-sugar is obtained from the sap of several species of palm growing in India and Africa.
Commercial Geography | Jacques W. Redway
Very good vinegar is also obtained from it, and large quantities of jaggery or palm sugar are manufactured from the toddy.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture | William Saunders

British Dictionary definitions for palm sugar

palm sugar

noun

sugar obtained from the sap of certain species of palm trees

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