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green syrup

green syrup noun: the liquid byproduct obtained during the initial stages of refining sugar cane or beet juice.

Noun

green syrup (countable and uncountable, plural green syrups)

  1. The liquid byproduct obtained during the initial stages of refining sugar cane or beet juice.
    • This first draining is called green syrup, on account of the new or green state of the sugar from which it runs.1830, George Richardson Porter, The Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane, page 218

Forms of green syrup

pluralgreen syrups

Origin of green syrup

From green + syrup. First use appears c. 1830. See cite below.

Questions about green syrup

What does green syrup mean?
Green syrup means the liquid byproduct obtained during the initial stages of refining sugar cane or beet juice.
What part of speech is green syrup?
Green syrup is a noun.
What is the plural of green syrup?
The plural of green syrup is green syrups.

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