jaggery
Definition of jaggery:
part of speech: noun
The Indian name for a kind of coarse dark sugar, obtained from the juice of palms and the sugar- cane- often used to mix with lime to form a cement.
Usage examples:
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He had never forgiven Mrs. Agar the insults she heaped upon his head in the drawing- room of Jaggery House.
Henry Seton Merriman in "From One Generation to Another". -
The species of palm familiarly known as the jaggery palm is largely cultivated in the central province of the island.
Maturin M. Ballou in "The Pearl of India".