Hypertext Webster Gateway: "muscovado"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muscovado \Mus`co*va"do\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muscovado \Mus`co*va"do\, n.
Unrefined or raw sugar.
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