muscovado

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

mus=co=va=do

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CIDE DICTIONARY

muscovado, a. [Corrupted fr. Sp. mascabado; cf. Pg. mascavado, F. moscouade, n., formerly also mascovade, It. mascavato.].

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist. [1913 Webster]

muscovado, n.

Unrefined or raw sugar. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

muscovado, n. (pl. -os) an unrefined sugar made from the juice of sugar cane by evaporation and draining off the molasses.

Etymology

Sp. mascabado (sugar) of the lowest quality