The sugar is drawn from two types of palm, the palmyra and the familiar coconut palm. Coconut palm sugar has attracted a great deal of interest since the late 20th century for its low glycemic index and high levels of micro-nutrients. It also can be substituted directly for cane sugar in baking.
state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition phase change, phase transition, physical change freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Definition of state for Students. 1  1 : manner or condition of being Steam is water in the gaseous state. 2  2 : a body of people living in a certain territory under one government : the government of such a body of people. 3  3 : one of the divisions of a nation having a federal government the United States of America.