raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses
Word origin
C17: from Portuguese açúcar mascavado separated sugar; mascavado from mascavar to separate, probably from Latin
muscovado in American English
(ˌmʌskəˈveɪdoʊ; ˌmʌskəˈvɑdoʊ)
noun
the dark raw sugar that remains after the molasses has been extracted from the juice of the sugar cane
Word origin
Sp mascabado (or Port mascavado), unrefined, of inferior quality < Sp mascabar, to depreciate, contr. < menoscabar, to lessen, deteriorate < menos, less (< L minus: see minus) + acabar, to achieve < L ad-, to + caput, head