tur·bi·na·do sugar 
(tûr′bĭ-nädō)
(tûr′bĭ-nädō)n.
A partially refined, light brown granulated sugar from which most of the molasses has been removed.
[From Portuguese turbinado, shaped like an inverted cone (as a lump of raw sugar) (from the fact that raw sugar crystals were once separated from molasses by spinning in a centrifuge lined with conical molds), from turbina, centrifuge for separating sugar crystals from molasses, from French turbine, turbine; see TURBINE.]