Meanings
noungreen syrup (countable and uncountable, plural green syrups)
plural green syrups
- countableuncountableThe 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
Origin
From green + syrup. First use appears c. 1830. See cite below.
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green syrup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20syrup
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